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How do I style my Simplebooklet with the Color Expert?

The Color Expert builds a color palette from your Simplebooklet and applies it to your navigation bar, link highlights and backdrop. It runs automatically when you create your Simplebooklet, so your palette is waiting for you in Design > Expert. Apply it in one click or switch back at any time.


Available on all plans. See Choosing Your Simplebooklet Plan.


What does the Color Expert do?


The Color Expert reads your Simplebooklet, including your logo, images and content, and suggests colors that match. It then sets those colors on everything around your pages, so the whole document experience looks like it belongs together. Your pages themselves don't change.


The Color Expert recommends. You decide whether to apply it.


A Simplebooklet with the default navigation bar and backdrop, before the Color Expert.


The same Simplebooklet after the Color Expert, with a green navigation bar and a matching green backdrop.



How do I find my palette?


You don't need to run the Color Expert yourself. It builds your palette while your Simplebooklet is being created.


  1. On your Dashboard, click Design on your Simplebooklet.
  2. At the top of the left-hand toolbar, click Expert.


A Simplebooklet on the Dashboard, with an arrow pointing to the Design button.


The Design view, with an arrow pointing to Expert at the top of the left-hand toolbar.


In the Presentation Glow Up panel, Color shows a green check mark and the message Your color palette is ready.



How do I review and apply my palette?


  1. In the Presentation Glow Up panel, click Review beside Color.


The Presentation Glow Up panel, with an arrow pointing to the Review button beside Color.


  1. Under Your Palette, check the colors the Color Expert chose.
  2. Click Where It's Applied to see where each color goes:
    • Navigation Bar: the bar with your page controls, with separate colors for Top Text, Bottom Text and Nav.
    • Link Highlight: the color that flashes over links on your pages.
    • Backdrop: the space behind your Simplebooklet.
  4. Click Apply Suggested Colors.


The Color panel showing Your Palette and Where It's Applied, with an arrow pointing to Apply Suggested Colors.


Your new colors show right away. Click Preview to see them the way your readers will.



How do I undo the Color Expert?


In the Color panel, click Switch To Default Theme. Your navigation bar, link highlight and backdrop go back to the default colors. You can apply the suggested colors again at any time.


The Color panel after applying, with an arrow pointing to Switch To Default Theme.



How do I use my own colors instead?


Under Prefer your own colors? in the Color panel, click the tool you want to change:


  • Navigation Bar: set the colors of your navigation bar and its text.
  • Link Highlight: set the color that highlights links on your pages.
  • Backdrop: choose what fills the space behind your Simplebooklet.


The Prefer your own colors section, with an arrow pointing to the Navigation Bar button.


You can also open these tools from the left-hand toolbar in Design: Nav Layout for the navigation bar, Settings for link highlights and Brand for the backdrop.



Common questions


Does the Color Expert change my pages?


No. It only changes the colors around your pages: the navigation bar, link highlights and backdrop. Your document's design stays exactly as you made it.


Why can't I read my navigation bar text?


Your text and navigation bar may be the same color. Open Navigation Bar under Prefer your own colors? and choose a text color that stands out against the bar.


Where are the other Experts?


In the same Presentation Glow Up panel. Tick the ones you want, such as Summary, Table of Contents or Translate, and click Run Expert.




Updated on: 23/10/2026

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