How to clear a color in a character style?

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May 12, 2020
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Is there a way to "clear" character color instead of reset all other character style settings?

I know it looks to be a silly question.

Thanks!

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Correct answer Bozenka

InDesign v15.0.1

Open the character style from the Character Styles palette.
Click Character Color from the list on the left.
Control/click (PC) Command/click (Mac) on the little swatch square in the character colour list:

Afterwards, it will look like this:

Philip Byrne

Known Participant

This didn't appear to be working in InDesign 20.5 – the edit wouldn't save – but I think it may have been a corrupt style. Restarting my Mac Pro and recreating the style eventually worked but command-clicking the swatch still had unreliable results so I had to keep editing until it eventually stuck.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

If. the cmd-click-way does not work do that:

Create a new character styles with the needed settings.
Delete the old style and choose to replace it with the new style.
Rename the new style with the final name.

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BozenkaCorrect answer

Participant

InDesign v15.0.1

Open the character style from the Character Styles palette.
Click Character Color from the list on the left.
Control/click (PC) Command/click (Mac) on the little swatch square in the character colour list:

Afterwards, it will look like this:

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milo_6132

Participant

Everyone is giving the cmd + click solution, but its not working for me. I've tried every key combination I can think of, it only selects the color.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

You need to Cmd-click (Mac) or Cntl-click (Win) on the swatch, not the "big T" symbol.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Click any color, hold down cmd/ctrl and click the same color again.

Diane Burns

Inspiring

Adding to David's reply, hold down Command/Ctrl and click on the color that is assigned to the text. Does basically the same thing, but one click. 🙂

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hericdehonAuthor

Known Participant

Thanks, @diane_Burns but it's not the slution in this case. I have some paragraphs in different colors. These specific style can be applied in some of them. It shouldn't have a color. 🙂