Use the Color box and Color palette to choose the colors for painting.
The Color palette provides 40 commonly used colors. Click on a color in the palette to place it in the Design Panel.
The Colors area in the Design Panel displays the currently selected color.
For information on selecting additional colors, see Colors Dialog Box.
Change a Color in the Colors Area
Click the drop-down menu for colors, then click on a color from the Color palette to select it.
To choose a color that is not in the Color palette, click More Colors in the palette to bring up the Colors dialog box. (After a color is chosen, it will be placed as the color.)
To select a color from the picture on the screen use Pick Color
in the Paint panel.