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Create custom colors

If the palette doesn't have the color that you need, you can create your own custom colors.

1. Open a form, report, or data access page in Design view.
2. Select the section or control, and then click Properties on the Form Design, Report Design or Page Design toolbar to open the property sheet.
3. Do one of the following:
   • In a form or report, click the ForeColor (for text in a control), BackColor, or BorderColor property.
   • In a data access page, click the Color (for text in a control), BackgroundColor, or BorderColor property.
4. Click the Build button next to the property box to open the Color dialog box.
5. Click Define Custom Colors to expand the dialog box.
6. Click one of the Custom Color boxes on the left side of the dialog box.
7. Click on any part of the color refiner box that has the color you want. The color refiner box displays all of the available custom colors.
8. Drag the arrow beside the luminosity bar to define the brightness of the color selected in the color refiner box.

   Microsoft Access displays the color you create in the left side of the Color/Solid box. If you want to see the solid color most closely resembling the one you've created, double-click the right side of the Color/Solid box.

9. Click Add To Custom Colors.

   Access displays the custom color you created in the Custom Color box.

Note  You can also create a color by typing numbers in the Red, Green, Blue, Hue, Sat (saturation), and Lum (luminosity) boxes.