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1. On the Formatting toolbar, click Design , and in the task pane (task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), click Color Schemes.

2. On the Slides tab, click a slide to display the color schemes (color scheme: A set of eight balanced colors that you can apply to slides, notes pages, or audience handouts. A color scheme consists of a background color, a color for lines and text, and six other colors selected to make slides easy to read.) in the task pane.

   If you have applied more than one design template (design template: A file that contains the styles in a presentation, including the type and size of bullets and fonts; placeholder sizes and positions; background design and fill color schemes; and a slide master and optional title master.) in the presentation and you want to see all the available color schemes, press CTRL to click a slide from each design group.

3. At the bottom of the task pane, click Edit Color Schemes.
4. Click the Standard tab, click a scheme you want to delete, and then click Delete Scheme.

Note  A presentation must contain at least one color scheme, so you cannot delete the last scheme.