Is there a way to set up a PPT template so that your custom colors will automatically go into smart art objects?

All I can find online is that you can select pieces of smart art and color it using your custom colors, which I do already. And it's easy, and that would be fine, BUT I am working with my folks here to create a template that is dead easy for users to work with. Sometimes clicking on a shape and selecting a new color isn't within their comfort zone.

So, is there some simple way to make the default colors in smart art the same as my custom colors?

Thanks

Melissa