Comments on: It’s not as simple as black and white. http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/07/13/its-not-as-simple-as-black-and-white/ hints, tips and articles ~ to help the impact you make Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simon http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/07/13/its-not-as-simple-as-black-and-white/#comment-8 Simon Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:51:56 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/07/13/its-not-as-simple-as-black-and-white/#comment-8 Thanks Jonty - good resource to help with generally contrasting colour-schemes (though people shouldn't rely on it for dealing with colour blindess as it contrasts red with green, for example). Very useful to have pointed out. Thanks. S Thanks Jonty - good resource to help with generally contrasting colour-schemes (though people shouldn’t rely on it for dealing with colour blindess as it contrasts red with green, for example). Very useful to have pointed out. Thanks.

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]]> By: Jonty Pearce http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/07/13/its-not-as-simple-as-black-and-white/#comment-7 Jonty Pearce Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:42:26 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/07/13/its-not-as-simple-as-black-and-white/#comment-7 PowerPoint comes with a very poor set of colour schemes and I used to find it hard to find suitable colour schemes. There are two main suggestions that may help 1. Use shades of blue. Blue is a calming and conservative colour and so is quite a safe choice. 2. Use a colour wheel. This will show you a range of contasting colours. I color schemer. They have a free online tool http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html (or type color schemer online) which can match colour schemes together. It brings a bit of science into the otherwise arbitrary world of aesthetics. p.s. I have no assocaition with this company but find it a useful tool. I hope this helps the colour debate. PowerPoint comes with a very poor set of colour schemes and I used to find it hard to find suitable colour schemes.

There are two main suggestions that may help

1. Use shades of blue. Blue is a calming and conservative colour and so is quite a safe choice.

2. Use a colour wheel. This will show you a range of contasting colours. I color schemer. They have a free online tool http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html (or type color schemer online) which can match colour schemes together. It brings a bit of science into the otherwise arbitrary world of aesthetics.

p.s. I have no assocaition with this company but find it a useful tool.

I hope this helps the colour debate.

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