# Color is gone after export for Powerpoint

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415 "2023-06-22T08:57:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Laurens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Laurens](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laurens)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415/1 "2023-06-22T08:57:55Z")

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Hey, when I visualized my design with colors and exported it, the colors are no longer present in the exported file. I want to export a 3D body for powerpoint.  
Thank you for your help!

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415/2 "2023-06-22T09:06:08Z")

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Hi,

Not every format supports color information, nor every software where you can import them. Which format did you use to export, and where did you import it to?

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**Author:** ![Laurens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Laurens](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laurens)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415/3 "2023-06-22T09:21:48Z")

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Hey, I had tried both the OBJ format and the STEP format. And i imported it to PowerPoint.

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/color-is-gone-after-export-for-powerpoint/26415/4 "2023-06-22T10:43:36Z")

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Seems like PowerPoint doesn’t support vertex colors:

[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/importing-obj-file-into-powerpoint-missing-colors/eea4a64d-65a0-43b9-b509-5eaff27d8436](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/importing-obj-file-into-powerpoint-missing-colors/eea4a64d-65a0-43b9-b509-5eaff27d8436)

I haven’t found documentation about STEP, but I think it might be a similar problem.

If you know you will have internet access during the presentation, you could use our Webviewer instead and put the link into the presentation.