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  1. Select the picture whose color you want to change.

  2. Click the Format tab, and then click Color.

    If the Format tab is not visible, make sure you selected a picture.

  3. Do one of the following:

    1. Choose from one of the many Color Saturation, Color Tone, or Recolor options in the Color gallery.

    2. Click Picture Color Options at the bottom of the Color gallery.

      In the Format Picture pane manually adjust Color Saturation, Color Tone, and Recolor for the picture you selected.

Note: You can undo an edit by clicking the corresponding Undo command on the Edit menu. The edits to the pictures will not be saved until you explicitly save them.

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