To change colors of the current workbook:
In the Name box, type an appropriate name for the new theme colors. Note: To revert all theme color elements to their original theme colors, you can click Reset before you click Save. If you would like to make these color changes apply to all new workbooks that you create, you need to create a default workbook template.
1. On the Page Layout tab, in the Themesgroup, click Theme Colors:
2. Click Customize Colors...:
3. In the Create New Theme Colors dialog box, underTheme colors, click the button of the theme color element that you want to change:
4. Under Theme Colors, select the colors that youwant to use:
In the Create New Theme Colors dialog box, under Sample, you can see the effect of thechanges that you make.
5. Repeat step 3 and 4 for all of the theme color elementsthat you want to change.
6. In the Name box, type an appropriate name for thenew theme colors.
7. Click Save.
Note: To revert all theme color elements to their original theme colors, you can clickReset before you click Save.
If you would like to make these color changes apply to all new workbooks that you create, youneed to create a default workbook template.
1. On the Page Layout tab, in the Themesgroup, click Themes.
2. Click Save Current Theme...:
3. In the File Name box, type an appropriate name forthe theme.
Note: A custom document theme is saved in the Document Themes folder and isautomatically added to the list of custom themes.
4. On the File tab, choose Save As.
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5. In the Save Current Theme dialog box, was selectedOffice Theme (*.thmx) and chose the Document Themes folder as the location. You can useyour own filename instead of proposed Theme1.thmx.
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The location of the Document Themes folder may vary, but it is usually located here:
C:Users<user name>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplatesDocument Themes
6. Click Save.
See also this tip in French: Commentmodifier les couleurs par défaut qu'Excel utilise pour les séries de graphiques.