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GroupDocs.Comparison for Python via .NET lets you colour shapes separately from text. Use StyleSettings.shape_color alongside font_color to emphasize shape modifications without altering text colour coding.

from groupdocs.comparison import Comparer
from groupdocs.comparison import Color
from groupdocs.comparison.options import CompareOptions, StyleSettings


def set_shape_color_independently():
    options = CompareOptions()
    options.detect_style_changes = True
    options.mark_changed_content = True

    inserted = StyleSettings()
    inserted.font_color = Color.from_name("blue")
    inserted.shape_color = Color.from_name("purple")
    options.inserted_item_style = inserted

    deleted = StyleSettings()
    deleted.font_color = Color.from_name("red")
    deleted.shape_color = Color.from_name("orange")
    options.deleted_item_style = deleted

    changed = StyleSettings()
    changed.font_color = Color.from_name("green")
    changed.shape_color = Color.from_name("lightgreen")
    options.changed_item_style = changed

    with Comparer("./source.docx") as comparer:
        comparer.add("./target.docx")
        comparer.compare("./result.docx", options)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    set_shape_color_independently()

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Use case: emphasize shape modifications (e.g., diagrams) without altering text colour coding.

The result is as follows:

StyleSettings.font_color controls the colour of text runs in the result. StyleSettings.shape_color controls the colour of shape outlines and fills — text frames, callouts, lines, autoshapes, diagram elements.

In documents that mix prose and diagrams (technical specs, contracts with embedded org charts, marketing decks with infographics), using a single colour for both makes shape changes hard to spot against the text-change highlights. Setting shape_color distinct from font_color gives you a visually obvious “this shape was modified” signal.

When the source/target only differ in text, set font_color only and skip shape_color — leaving it at the default keeps shapes visually neutral.

• Customize changes styles — the parent topic covering every StyleSettings property.
• Compare PDF documents — PDFs often have shape content worth styling separately.