You wonder what your audience will think . . . You figure out what you need . . . You add red, green, blocks of blue, and orange. By the time you re done, your slide presentation looks like a circus. Instead of livening up your slides and emphasizing your message, you ve wound up with a muddled mess.
Some colors work well together, others fight against each other.
Color is never viewed in isolation. Rather, it is always judged in its environment. Color is influenced by neighboring colors. For example, place a bright yellow ball in a child s nursery and it fits right in. Place the same ball in a boardroom, and it sticks out like . . .