diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 71163e2..8d93d4c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ink-notes"
-version = "0.44.0"
+version = "0.45.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ab_glyph",
  "android_logger",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e63308..ac8586a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ink-notes"
-version = "0.44.0"
+version = "0.45.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Notizbuch-App für Stift, Touch und Maus unter Linux"
 repository = "https://gitea.pansi.eu/harald/ink-notes"
diff --git a/packaging/eu.pansi.ink-notes.metainfo.xml b/packaging/eu.pansi.ink-notes.metainfo.xml
index 18e74c8..af2d0a4 100644
--- a/packaging/eu.pansi.ink-notes.metainfo.xml
+++ b/packaging/eu.pansi.ink-notes.metainfo.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
   </branding>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
   <releases>
+    <release version="0.45.0" date="2026-11-14">
+      <description>
+        <p>Own colors can be saved under the presets of the color menus, and copy and paste in text fields works with other apps.</p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="0.44.0" date="2026-11-09">
       <description>
         <p>Seven pens in the toolbar, dialogs that fit on phones, and touch lifts that arrive right away on GNOME, so the page glides after a swipe and the ruler no longer follows the hovering pen.</p>
diff --git a/packaging/ink-notes.metainfo.xml b/packaging/ink-notes.metainfo.xml
index 18e74c8..af2d0a4 100644
--- a/packaging/ink-notes.metainfo.xml
+++ b/packaging/ink-notes.metainfo.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
   </branding>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
   <releases>
+    <release version="0.45.0" date="2026-11-14">
+      <description>
+        <p>Own colors can be saved under the presets of the color menus, and copy and paste in text fields works with other apps.</p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="0.44.0" date="2026-11-09">
       <description>
         <p>Seven pens in the toolbar, dialogs that fit on phones, and touch lifts that arrive right away on GNOME, so the page glides after a swipe and the ruler no longer follows the hovering pen.</p>
diff --git a/packaging/release-notes.md.tmpl b/packaging/release-notes.md.tmpl
index 279efaa..d9b8412 100644
--- a/packaging/release-notes.md.tmpl
+++ b/packaging/release-notes.md.tmpl
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Notebook app for pen, touch and mouse on Linux (tested on Zorin OS 18 / Ubuntu 24.04).
 
 ### Highlights:
+- **My colors**: Under the presets of the color menus (pen, highlighter, text), "➕ Save color" keeps the current shade in a row of your own colors – up to 12, shared by all three tools and kept across restarts; 🗑 removes the selected one (Issue #56)
+- **Copy and paste in text fields**: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V in a text field now use the system clipboard, so text moves between ink-notes and other apps. Before, they only worked within the app (Issue #57)
 - **Seven pens**: The toolbar now has seven pens instead of four (new: violet, orange, gray). Each remembers its color and width; tap the selected pen again to change them. Older versions keep reading the first four pens (Issue #56)
 - **Momentum scrolling on GNOME, second try**: GNOME could deliver the lift of a swipe only together with the next touch, because the library under winit held it back until the next touch frame. Lifts are now handed on right away, so the page glides on after a quick swipe (Issue #28)
 - **Ruler stays put**: After moving the ruler with a finger, it could follow the hovering pen (same cause as above). In addition, a finger drag of the ruler now ends as soon as the pen comes near (Issue #55)