ColorType Property

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Returns or sets the type of color transformation applied to the specified picture or OLE object. Read/write MsoPictureColorType.

MsoPictureColorType can be one of these MsoPictureColorType constants.
msoPictureAutomatic
msoPictureBlackAndWhite
msoPictureGrayscale
msoPictureMixed
msoPictureWatermark

expression.ColorType

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example sets the color transformation to grayscale for the first shape on the active document. The first shape must be either a picture or an OLE object.

Dim docActive As Document

Set docActive = ActiveDocument

docActive.Shapes(1).PictureFormat.ColorType = _
    msoPictureGrayScale