Variant Color Each Variant comes with a Color palette. The colors are applied to the various aspects of the slides including the text, Shapes and background colors.   3. Try it: Edit the Variant Color Still on Slide 1. Go to Design->Variants->More->Colors. Select the Colors: Green.   Keep going...   Memo to Self: These are the same Theme Colors that you find in Word and Excel. Using a Theme makes it easy to make your work match each other. Design ->Variants->More->Colors Exam 77-422: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 2.0 Insert and Format Shapes and Slides 2.1 Insert and Format Slides: Apply Styles to Slides (Color Variants)