Remove / change dots in Table of contents

Hi guys,
I have a table of content (standard) in Indesign.
But under each item is a black dotted line.
1. How can I change this dotted line to grey?
2. Change the line style to a stripe or something.
thanks
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In the paragraph style check the section Paragraph Rules (and use the dropdown to investigate both Rule Above and Rule Below -- I think it has the Rule Below active). Check the box or clear it next to the dropdown to turn the rule on or off.
A tab leader is a character or set of characters (you can use spaces, for example, to spread apart dots, or combine a dot and an underscore, or a bullet and a hyphen for a decorative look) that fills the space occupied by the tab character. There's a field in either the Tabs palette or in the Tabs section of the paragraph style where you can enter the character(s) once you set the tab position and select the tab marker on the ruler.
I prefer a custom underline (applied as a style) on the tab if you can create the look you want with ID's stroke styles because you have more control over weight and positioning than you do with the tab leader.

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//return contents of tocGen
    return tocGenText;

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You are correct but the problem is there are three rows, One row is 100% black, the second is 60% black and the third is 40% black. I want to change the black to blue, the 60% black to an orange and the 40% black to a light shaded blue. In the find/change option you can select the tint you want to find and replace but yea.. does work on table cells.. oddly enough.

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