I created a new document based off the "Spectrum" template in Word 2011 and am attempting to customize the colors. I've been able to change the shape colors as I please (which then also get saved in my color palette as "Recent Colors" whenever I format a shape); however when I try to change text color, it automatically goes to the closest color in the theme instead of the custom color I'm trying to use.

Any idea how to get around this? I was recently working from a different template and did not have this problem..

I tried saving my theme after changing the colors as well but it didn't seem to save any of the new colors, so I'm not sure if I did that correctly.. any help with creating/saving custom themes would be useful as well.