[mso] Re: PowerPoint: Suggested Colors?

Robert

Ditto to Kathryn's comments.  The RNIB (I think) in the UK has been
instrumental in getting web designers to be more aware and cognisant of
the difficulties posed for partially sighted people using the net.  It's
so heavily a visual medium!  There are a number of "website good practice"
info sites in relation to net users with sight problems.  I did a Google
search on "website design for blind people" and it brought up a number of
sources of help and advice, I would have thought this might be a
reasonable context to seek help as the contrast problem affects many more
users than just those viewing Powerpoint presentations!  As a starting
point, take a look at websites run for those with sight difficulties and
see what colours they use - often it seems to be purple or navy text on
white background!

Try this site for starters:
http://www.lasa.org.uk/knowledgebase/pages/Netwebsitesvips.shtml

HTH

Anne

-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Kathy Jacobs
Sent: 25 March 2004 15:55
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: PowerPoint: Suggested Colors?


All the advice you have been given so far about color choices for
presentations is great. I just have one thing to add: Please keep the
color combinations simple and see-able. Keep in mind that in almost any
audience that has more than 10 men in it, you are likely to have at least
one person with color vision problems. These problems can cause your
information to be not seen, seen wrong, or seen opposite of what you want
seen.  It is always a good idea to avoid the following combinations:
- Red on green or green on red
- Red on pink or pink on red
- White on pink or pink on white
- Green means one thing, red means another
- Blue on blue or purple on purple

There is a great resource on the web about color vision problems. This
site covers how things are seen by the various types of color vision,
offers you the chance to see your site (or in this case PPT presentation)
as the various color vision sets do, and also offers great advice on
avoiding the problems in the first place.  The URL is:
http://www.vischeck.com/

(Please know this is one of my pet peeves within the Powerpoint industry.
I am the daughter, wife, and mother of people with color vision problems
and no two of them are related. It is a wider spread problem than most
people
realize.)

Kathryn Jacobs,  Microsoft MVP PowerPoint
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