I'd be happy to explain (should also note... I'm still in migration mode, not a live site yet, so I'm still learning... but I think I've got this part figured out!)
Once you've created your options, go to the Options tab on the product add/edit screen. In the upper right corner, click on Advanced Options. Here is where you enter prices, quantity in stock, etc. for options. Try making one option (say, red) out of stock by entering stock of zero, then test it out.
Under Store Settings, you can turn on/off the Hide Adv Options Out of Stock setting - if it's checked, the option you set to stock level zero should not appear in your options dropdown on the product screen. If you turn the setting back on (don't hide them), that option will reappear in your options list even though it is out of stock.
I'm not sure how this would work if you have multiple options (say, color AND sizes) - my products have only one type of option - but in my case, it's doing what I needed.
Hope that helps! Sue.
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