Color issues in Powerpoint

One of the things you actually can set in a theme is the color palette.

1. The colors need to be high contrast for easy reading.

2. For projector-based presentations, the content should be light on a dark ground (the eye looks for light, not lack of light--and this makes sure that the content is the lone bright spot in a dark room).



3. I used white text on black background for the highest contrast possible. It is also compatible with any company color scheme (logo won't clash, etc).

4. Unfortunately, the color palette is set up to use the same colors for both content (line graph) and background (table background). For this reason, I had to find some half-tones that could be distinct, but not distracting as background colors.