Change color used to highlight search matches

By default, search matches are highlighted in yellow. This setting allows you to change the color used for highlighting matches in search results.

Supported on: At least Windows 7
Background Color:


  1. Black
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value000000
  2. Silver
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value12632256
  3. Gray
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value8421504
  4. White
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value16777215
  5. Aqua
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value65535
  6. Fuchsia
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value16711808
  7. Lime
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value8453888
  8. Yellow
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value16776960
  9. Olive
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value8421376
  10. Purple
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value8388736
  11. Green
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value32768
  12. Red
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value16711680
  13. Maroon
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value8388608
  14. Navy
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value128
  15. Teal
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value32896
  16. Blue
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
    Value Namehithighlightingbackgroundcolor
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value255


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