It's a colorful world...or it can be with MORE COLORS!

Color. I want more color!

We all know the benefits of using color in our documents, presentations, handouts, and blogs.  Did you know you can customize the color of your text, lines, and fills to ANY color?  This same idea will work in almost any program that let's you set color (Powerpoint, Word, etc.). Here is how you do it in Powerpoint:

1.  Select the text, line or fill on which you want to set the color.

2.  Use the menu you normally use to select the color, but this time select More Colors.

3. You are presented with the standard color menu.  Select the color you would like by clicking on it.

4.  If you are satisfied with your color, click OK.  If you would like to further customize your color, click on the Custom menu tab.

5.  On the custom tab you can:

• Use the slider to find a lighter or darker share of the color you selected on the previous screen
• Use the rainbow box to select the color you would like
• Enter the RGB codes for a specific color. (Trivia: RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue)

6. Click OK and enjoy your customized color!

This can all sound a bit confusing in a blog post. Try it out and you will see it's not hard at all!


A few more tips:

➤ You can match any color on the screen by using the eyedropper.

• Select the text, line or fill you want to adjust.
• Use the menu to select color and then select the eyedropper.
• Move the eyedropper to the color you want to match (the square will fill with the current color) and click.  Your item will be that color!

➤ Depending on the item you are coloring (text, line, fill), when you go to your color menu you may have the option to use a gradient, a picture, or a texture in addition to a color.


How can you use custom colors in your professional or personal work?