## Styles and Colors palette

The Styles and Colors palette provides three panels: the Document styles panel, the Document colors panel, and the Web-safe colors panel.

The Options button displays a pop-up menu of options relevant to the currently selected panel.

### Document styles panel

Shows a list of permanent and temporary styles in the document:

You can create a new permanent style using the New Style... command on the options pop-up menu.

#### Permanent styles

Permanent styles are shown in bold in the palette. They remain defined even if unused in the document.

#### Temporary styles

Temporary styles are shown in plain text, and are created automatically as you edit text in the document.

#### Paragraph styles

Paragraph styles are distinguished from character styles in the palette with a “¶” paragraph symbol in front of their name.

### Document colors panel

Shows the colors in use in the document, plus a small set of default colors.

You can create a new color using the New Color... command on the options pop-up menu.

#### Permanent colors

Colors shown in bold type are permanent colors, which remain defined even if unused in the document.

#### Temporary colors

Colors in plain text are temporary colors, which are only listed if they are currently applied to an object.

Clicking a color applies it to the attribute specified by the Apply to pop-up menu at the top of the palette.

### Web-safe colors panel

Shows the 216 Web-safe colors and allows you to select one:

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