Embedding theme colour palettes

If you send the original template, all users should be able to use the same color palettes. to better understand what exactly you are trying to achieve please provide more information.

A document, or template is intended to have only one theme associated with it.  The "other" themes are actually installed on the computer.

Here are some ways to share themes:

Themes travel with the document

Have the recipient save the Theme, with current name, to their local HD:

1.     Design tab
2.     Themes group
3.     Save Current Theme.

Or in Word

1.     Page Layout tab
2.     Themes group
3.     Themes drop down
4.     Save current Theme (use the default theme name)

Copy the .THMX file to the standard Theme location:

The exact location varies slightly depending on the OS.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-word/how-do-i-get-word-2010-color-styles-on-word-2013/685cba95-da9c-4d91-94e1-57dcea65b76f#LastReply

If you have a computer with office 2010 then,

1.     open excel, Go to Page Layout, Select the "Trek" and then on the same page you have an option to save the theme, Save the theme to the desktop, The extension of the file would be *.thmx.
2.     copy the saved theme to the fallowing location on you Office 2013 computer

1.     Open excel 2013, Go to Page Layout, on the theme tab select "Browse for the theme and navigate to the location

1.     select the theme.

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If you have access to a computer where Office 2010 is installed, you can copy all of the XML files from the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 14\Theme Colors. [Note: If the computer is running 64-bit Windows, the first folder in that path will be "Program Files (x86)" instead of just "Program Files".] Paste those files into the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 15\Theme Colors on your computer (again, if you have 64-bit windows, use "Program Files (x86)" in the path). You'll then find the new entries at the bottom of the list on the Colors button.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/provide-custom-theme-your-company-colors-all-

Take a look at this link:

http://www.echosvoice.com/powerpoint-2007-add-color-schemes-to-a-theme/

January 1, 2009  posted by echo swinford

Each theme (.THMX file extension) includes one color scheme, one font set, and one effects scheme. You can edit the color scheme and font set in the PowerPoint interface and save the theme. The new color scheme and font set will travel with the theme.

and look at this link;

http://www.echosvoice.com/powerpoint-2007-where-to-save-themes/

AFAIK you can only have a single colour theme travelling with a template/document but you could create a macro to create and/or apply a set of theme colours. This macro would only need to be run once to create reusable themes for that user.

Sub BuildATheme()

  With ActiveDocument.DocumentTheme
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeLight1).RGB = 0
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeDark1).RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeLight2).RGB = RGB(0, 181, 235)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeDark2).RGB = RGB(105, 80, 161
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent1).RGB = RGB(125, 149, 75)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent2).RGB = RGB(34, 57, 68)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent3).RGB = RGB(100, 75, 149)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent4).RGB = RGB(134, 34, 104)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent5).RGB = RGB(203, 224, 139)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent6).RGB = RGB(123, 193, 67)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeHyperlink).RGB = RGB(34, 40, 68)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeFollowedHyperlink).RGB = RGB(73, 55, 109)
    .ThemeColorScheme.Save FileName:="MyTheme1.xml"    'Creates/Overwrites
  End With

End Sub