How to capture text color in an Office Document

Question

I have a Word document with some titles of a particular blue tonality, now I want to continue the document adding some others sections that uses the same colour (color that I want to use not only in text but also in others elements according the theme).

When I try to use more colors feature to define a new custom color is pretty hard to match exactly the SAME tonality, so I'm wondering there is some function to capture the text color to define a new custom color that you can use for all elements you want

Solution

I can think of two solutions off the top of my head:

1: Select the text you want the color of, then click the "More Colors Option" as seen in your screenshot. From there, copy down the "Red, Green, Blue" colors, that will give you an exact match on the color, even if it's a non-standard color.

You can use these three numbers to add color to any element you want, text, boxes, outlines, etc. (see blue circles)

2: The other option, while it only works for text, would be to use the "Format Painter", basically you select the formatting you like, then click the "Format Painter" button, then select the text you want to format. It will copy all the formatting from one section to another. (see red circle)

Comments

[tbenz9]

This is a good solution, but since Word has all the necessary tools, it's also an added level of complexity. Word can return the R,G,B values without the help of additional tools.

[SP-15]

True, I'm just a Mac fan at heart :)

[chukko]

@tbenz9 This only works for cases where custom color is set in Word - but not if you want to have textbox match the color of background image. You still need to use external tools to find out the exact RGB components.

[Henrique Muzzi]

Digital Color Meter isn't viable because of anti-aliasing can cause you to meter the wrong color...