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The shape's color is defined by its FillStyle property. If this property is null, the shape takes its fill style from its template. Setting this property assigns a private fill style to the shape. Fill styles are part of the project's design and can be identified by their name. Standard fill styles additionally have a property in the Design class.

How to Set the Shape Color by Assigning a Standard Fill Style:

Identify the desired standard fill style in the design and assign it to the shape. For example the standard red fill style:

Notes

When you assign an explicit private fill style to a shape the fill style is detached from the template and future changes to the template's fill style will not affect the shape anymore. To re-attach the shape's fill style to the template, assign null/Nothing to the shape's fill style.

How to Set the Shape Color by Assigning a Custom Fill Style:

Identify the desired fill style through its name and assign it to the shape. For example a custom fill style named MyNewFillStyle:

Notes

Above notes apply here as well.