Powerpoint Tips - Use of Colour

Here are some tips for using colour on your next powerpoint presentation:

* First of all, use colour with discernment, not abandon! Your powerpoint presentation is not the place to display the depth of your knowledge of every gradation of the colour wheel.

* For a guaranteed successful look, use a darker background, such as a deep blue or green, with white, yellow or orange text

* Never use red text, especially on a blue or green background. Seven percent of the male population of the world will thank you - that is, seven males in every 100 of your audience are colourblind, so they won't see anything on your screen at all if you use red text on blue or green.

* Use existing templates - someone else (an expert) has spent a long time already to save you the hassle to make sure the colours work! Trust in their expertise and reduce the time you spend on your colour decisions.

* Black and blue should never be seen in combination - not blue text on a black background, not black text on a blue background, not at all. Your presentation is at risk of looking like a bruise.

Final tip (a little quirky, I admit):

* If you wouldn't wear the colour combination you have chosen for your powerpoint out in public, don't attempt to use it for your powerpoint colour choice.

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