Select the button next to the name of the theme color element (for example, Accent 1 or Hyperlink) that you want to change, and then choose a color under Theme Colors. In the Create New Theme Colors dialog box, under Theme colors, do one of the following: The Create New Theme Colors dialog box opens. Select Colors, and then click Customize Colors. On the Design tab, in the Variants group, select the down arrow that opens the gallery of color variants: Under Sample, you can see how the text font styles and colors look before you settle on your color combination. Theme colors contain four text and background colors, six accent colors, and two hyperlink colors.