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    • Using PDF Expert
      • Getting Started with PDF Expert
      • Highlight, underline, and strikethrough text
      • Text comments, shapes, and pop-up notes
      • Insert stamps to PDFs
      • Customize text and annotation colors
      • Draw on a PDF file
      • Use stickers in PDF Expert for iOS
      • View, search, and remove annotations
      • Export Annotation Summary
      • Content Selection Tool
      • Edit text in PDF files
      • Work with images in PDFs
      • Work with to-page and to-web links
      • Remove sensitive content
      • Supported forms and fields
      • Fill out PDF forms
      • Sign PDF documents
      • Enhance and adjust your scans
      • Convert scanned documents into text (OCR)
      • Scale and measure drawings
      • Polygon and polyline shapes
      • Red Line tools
      • Convert images, MS Office and iWork files to PDF
      • Export PDFs to other formats on Mac
      • Convert PDFs to images, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Text files on iOS
      • Reading mode
      • Select your way to scroll pages
      • Enable the two-page view
      • Zooming modes in PDF Expert
      • Jump to a specific page
      • Bookmark pages
      • Create a table of contents in a PDF file
      • Turn on the Night or Sepia theme
      • Read PDF text out loud
      • Keep your device awake while reading
      • View two PDFs side by side
      • Add page numbers, bates numbers, and text
      • Use Smart Search
      • AI Chat with PDF
      • Page number indicator
      • Create a new PDF file
      • Add, delete, and rearrange PDF pages
      • Rename files and folders
      • Recents and Favorites
      • Sort files and folders by name, date, and size
      • Password protect PDFs
      • Save the file as flatten
      • Reduce the PDF file size
      • Merge PDFs
      • Manage annotated pages
      • Move files and folders
      • Switch between the Grid and List views
      • Mark files and folders with color tags
      • Open a file in PDF Expert
      • Organize your files with Inbox
      • Page Resize
      • Access your device files via the Files app folder
      • Sync your PDF files through web clouds
      • Sync a folder from cloud storage
      • Connect to Mac or PC via SMB
      • Set up sync with Mac via SFTP
      • Time Capsule setup
      • Share files via the Share button
      • Transfer files between iOS device and desktop using Wi-Fi
      • Transfer files from Safari to PDF Expert for iOS
      • Transfer files between iPad and iPhone using WebDAV
      • Share text with other apps
      • Share files from cloud via a link
      • Transfer files between PDF Expert and your Mac using a USB cable
      • PDF Expert Widgets
      • Turn on the Dark Mode
      • Work with tabs on your iPad
      • Customize the toolbar in PDF Expert for iOS
      • Create your own toolset in PDF Expert for iOS
      • Make PDF Expert your default PDF viewer on Mac
      • Open email attachments in PDF Expert
      • Keyboard Shortcuts
      • Make presentations with PDF Expert and FaceTime
      • Full Screen Mode on Mac
      • Getting Started with Tools tab on Mac
      • Presentation Mode
      • Improve your workflow with Sidecar and Camera Continuity
      • Change the app's language on iOS
      • Convert PDF to black and white on Mac
      • Supported Scripting in AcroForms (Adobe Acrobat forms)
      • Supported Scripting in XFA (LiveCycle Designer forms)
      • URL schemes
    • Troubleshooting
      • PDF Expert quits or doesn't open
      • PDF Expert freezes
      • All files in the app look blank
      • Annotation tools do not work
      • Printing issues on Mac
      • Corrupted files
      • Sync issues
      • Restore accidentally deleted files
      • File cannot be opened
      • Annotations made in PDF Expert are not displayed correctly in a third-party app on iOS
      • File loads slowly
      • Garbled text
      • AI Chat with PDF issues
      • Connection issues on iOS
      • iCloud files don't stay downloaded
    • Billing & Subscription
      • How to get PDF Expert
      • Set up an account for cross-platform app usage
      • How to get PDF Expert Premium
      • Check and manage your subscription
      • How to cancel the free trial
      • The PDF Expert License FAQ
      • The “trial expired” message appears after a purchase
      • Is PDF Expert available on Windows?
      • The PDF Expert Billing FAQ
      • The difference between PDF Expert 2 and PDF Expert 3
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    Customize text and annotation colors

    Mac iOS

    Once you have selected any annotation tool or the text Edit tool, a sidebar on the right appears. There, you’ll see a set with default colors automatically selected by PDF Expert. Choose one of these colors or customize your own palette.

    Jump to:
    • Customize a small palette on a sidebar
    • Create a palette to quickly customize the small one
    • Restore the colors of your palette

    Customize a small palette on a sidebar 

    Click a color wheel near the fifth color of a palette and choose a color you like using one of these instruments:

    • Color Wheel  to easily find the perfect colors;
    • Color Sliders  to use the Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, or HSB sliders;
    • Color Palettes  to choose or to search for exact colors by their name (for example, from Readdle or Apple color sets);
    • Image Palettes  to select any color from any uploaded image;
    • Pencils  to imitate a pack of crayons;
    • Zeplin Color Picker  to select a color from the Zeplin project or styleguide;
    • Eyedropper tool  to pick colors from the currently opened document.

    To customize other colors in the palette of five, click the next color without closing the Color Customization window, then choose a new color. It’s also possible to change a color from the palette by right-clicking it and selecting ‘Change Color…’ You can repeat these actions for each color in your palette. 

    Create a palette to quickly customize the small one

    This palette can be used to quickly fill the small palette with your favorite colors, in any of your PDF files. Choose a color you like using one of the instruments described above and drag&drop it to the palette at the bottom. That’s it!

    Restore the colors of your palette

    To return to the default color palette on the sidebar on the right, right-click one of the colors and select ‘Restore Default Colours.’ Please note that this action affects all the five colors of the palette.

    To delete a color from the palette in the Colors Customization window, click somewhere in the upper frame of the window to make it active, then click the color and press the Delete key. It’s possible to delete colors from the palette one by one only for now. To undo this action, press Command Z (a shortcut that undoes the previous action).

    How to customize annotation colors:

    1. Select Annotate on the toolbar.
    2. Choose the needed annotation tool and tap its color.
    3. Tap the color wheel on the right.
    4. Tap the color preset you'd like to modify and pick up the color you wish. You can repeat these actions for each of the five presets.
    5. To return to the default color pallet, tap Restore.
    6. You can also pick colors from the currently opened document. For this, tap the eyedropper tool.
    7. Drag the eyedropper over the color you want to use. Once you've picked the desired color, tap Done. This color appears in your pallet.

    Read next: Draw on a PDF file
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