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# Color

Set the color of selected text from your theme palette, a preset, or a specific value.

Color picks out a word or phrase, like a warning, a piece of emphasis, a label. Use it sparingly: text that is mostly the default color is easier to read, and the exceptions stand out more.

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## Change the color of text

1. Select the text you want to color. The **Color** control stays greyed out until you do — it acts on a selection, not the whole block.
2. Open the **Color** control.
3. Pick a color.

## Where the colors come from

| Source               | What it is                                                        |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Theme colors**     | The palette generated from your Portal's own colors.              |
| **Preset colors**    | A fixed set of general-purpose colors.                            |
| **A specific value** | Type a **HEX** code, or pick from the color field and hue slider. |

Prefer **Theme colors**. They keep your text consistent with the rest of the Portal, and they follow it if you change your theme later, a fixed HEX value won't.

## Reset to the default

Select **Reset** in the color picker to return the text to its default color.