Recolor an Image in PowerPoint

You’re at a friend’s house and he’s showing you a presentation that he made some days ago for a project you two need to present at class. It seems he has added some nice pictures, but you think “hmm, maybe it could’ve looked better in a different color”.

Alas, none of you have any graphics editor software, and time is running out. What to do? Simple: recolor the pictures in PowerPoint! It’s true, you can change the colors of an image that you have inserted into a slide without exiting PowerPoint. Just some easy-to-follow steps are needed, so keep reading to find out!

Recoloring Images

Let’s start! For this tutorial, we’ll be using the Technology Innovation Healthcare Center template that you can download for free at Slidesgo.

Go to any slide that contains a picture and then select that image. A new tab will be selectable on top, called Format or Picture Format (depending on the version of Microsoft Office you are using). Click on it and then, in the Adjust group, click the “Color” drop-down arrow.

See the different options? These allow you to modify the color of the image by changing the saturation, the temperature, or by selecting a different tone.

Additionally, you can hover over “More Variations” to see the colors of the theme and access the color picker or the eyedropper tool. Just select the option that suits you the most.

If, instead of one of the presets, you want to enter your own custom value of saturation or temperature, click “Picture Color Options”. Additionally, you can enter the hex code of the color that you exactly want by clicking on “More Variations” and then “More Colors”. Lastly, click the “Custom” tab and type the hex code!

Great! Now try for yourself and experiment with the different presets or settings that PowerPoint has to offer. There are a couple of more possibilities that we haven’t covered in this article, but you can check out our “How to Apply Effects to an Image” tutorial to learn more!