Marketing Matters - November 2024

Looking to add colour to your PowerPoint presentations? Rather than adding a shape to the background–which might affect the presentation's accessibility–use the built-in Fill feature.

To use the Fill feature:

Select the text block you'd like to add colour to
Select the Fill icon on the Home ribbon (it resembles a paint can)
Choose a colour from the colour palette

If you’d like to use a custom colour that is not on the palette, refer to the Mohawk College brand guidelines at MyMohawk > Employee > Integrated Communications - Employee Toolkit > Mohawk College Brand Guidelines as well as the Accessible Colour Contrast Guide available through Optimizely.

Don’t forget to manually confirm that the colour contrast meets accessibility guidelines using WebAIM’s online color contrast checker.