First select the stop for which you want to change the color, and then click the Color button (highlighted in red within Figure 9). You can also change the color of a stop.If you want to move a stop to a precise position, first select the stop you want to change the position of, and enter a percentage value in the Position box, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 8.įigure 8: Change the position of your gradient stop.These stop positions are calculated percentage-wise from 0 to 100%. To do that just click on the stop that you want to change the position of and drag it along the gradient bar to the new position. After you have added gradient stops, you can change their position.You can also drag off the gradient stop off the gradient bar to remove it. To remove a gradient stop, just select the stop you want to remove, and then click the Remove Gradient Stop button (highlighted in red within Figure 7).Otherwise, you can also simply click on the gradient bar on the position where you want to add a new stop. This will add a new stop exactly between the selected stop and the next stop. Then click the Add gradient stop button (highlighted in red within Figure 6). To add a gradient stop, make sure that you have selected the existing gradient stop after which you want to insert a new stop.In PowerPoint 2013, you can add and remove gradient stops.Look at Figure 5 now, this one contains a gradient formed with 3 colors, the black in between the blue and green forms a stop at around the 35% mark (35% from the left).These points, where a new color starts, ends, or just jumps in between is called a stop. You can see where the blue starts, and the green ends.
Look at Figure 4, it contains a gradient formed between dark blue and light green.Figure 4 shows a shape filled with a simple 2 color gradient. That's because a gradient needs at least two colors to form with. As long as you have at least 2 stops, you should be fine. If you see less or more than the 3 stops, don't worry for now.If you look at the first option in this area, you'll see that there is a gradient bar (highlighted in red within Figure 3) with 3 gradient stops.Note that all areas of this pane other than those that are concerned with Gradient Stops have been faded, an explanation of the options within the faded areas has already been provided in the More Gradients tutorial.įigure 2: Gradient stops options in the Format Shape Task Pane You'll end up with the Task Pane that you can see in Figure 2. Select a shape, and access the Format Shape Task Pane as explained in the More Gradients tutorial.All gradients must have at least two or more stops, follow these steps to learn more: Quite simply, this is the point where a new color is introduced within the gradient blend. When you are done with this tutorial, you can create your own gradients, or edit existing ones, as shown in Figure 1, below.įigure 1: Add colors and transparency to your gradient stopsįirst let us explore what a gradient stop is. In this tutorial, we'll step into a little more detail and show you how gradient stops work. Finally, the rectangle at the bottom alters the transparency settings of some colors, you can thus see the slide background which in turn comprises 3 colors: white, grey, and black. The rectangle in between adds two more colors, a middle blue shade and a leafy green to end up with a 4 colored gradient. Look at Figure 1, below, the rectangle on the top of this slide shows our original gradient that blends between just two colors, green and blue. Yes, you can use the More Gradients option to add different types of gradients as fills to the shapes but that only provides more gradient fill types, and does not let you customize the colors within the gradient. Once you add gradient fills to shapes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows, you may want to make the gradient fill look a little different, or even a whole lot different.
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