Word 2019's Normal.dotm has no coloured styles. So I coloured, and thereby changed, multiple styles of my current .docx. I fancy them to appear by default on future .docx.

1. I'd save my current document as a (Macro-enabled) Template, correct?

2. Please see the red arrow. Suzanne S. Barnhill counsels that 'New documents based on this template' needn't be ticked.

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So I coloured, and thereby changed, multiple styles of my current .docx

I fancy them to appear by default on future .docx.

That won't work, because your current docx file is a normal document not a template.

Suzanne's comment says "if you have the template open", so she is referring to a file in the templates directory.

The default location of the User Templates Folder remains C:\Users\ user name \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates. The User Templates folder will still contain the Normal.dotm template. The location of that folder can be modified (or discovered) using File -> Options -> Advanced -> File Locations.

Source Templates in Microsoft Word - one of the Tutorials in the Intermediate Users Guide to Microsoft Word