Hi,

I am looking for colors that punch or that have some depth to them.

especially gold, marron, and burgurandy.....the kind of colors you see on
expensive gift wrapping paper at christmas time!

I've tried using the color wheel (PP 2003) but no avail. I usually get a
flat 2 dementional color with no "pop" or richness to them.

please advise.....any help would be appreciated

thanks
bob

A lot of powerpoint objects support fill effects. Get a photo of the
color/texture you want to use (many online sources where you can get it for a
buck) then use the pattern from the photo as a fill effect on your object.
HTH, GL
GH
"Bob Hickman" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for colors that punch or that have some depth to them.
>
> especially gold, marron, and burgurandy.....the kind of colors you see on
> expensive gift wrapping paper at christmas time!
>
> I've tried using the color wheel (PP 2003) but no avail. I usually get a
> flat 2 dementional color with no "pop" or richness to them.
>
> please advise.....any help would be appreciated
>
> thanks
> bob
>
>
>

Thanks,

but how about also, those colors for text....would that not be to memory
intensive?




"headly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8FC9AC6C-A739-4CDB-A04C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> A lot of powerpoint objects support fill effects. Get a photo of the
> color/texture you want to use (many online sources where you can get it
for a
> buck) then use the pattern from the photo as a fill effect on your object.
> HTH, GL
> GH
> "Bob Hickman" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for colors that punch or that have some depth to them.
> >
> > especially gold, marron, and burgurandy.....the kind of colors you see
on
> > expensive gift wrapping paper at christmas time!
> >
> > I've tried using the color wheel (PP 2003) but no avail. I usually get a
> > flat 2 dementional color with no "pop" or richness to them.
> >
> > please advise.....any help would be appreciated
> >
> > thanks
> > bob
> >
> >
> >

Thanks.

but how about i just wanted those colors for plain old body text and not
"word art"?



"headly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8FC9AC6C-A739-4CDB-A04C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> A lot of powerpoint objects support fill effects. Get a photo of the
> color/texture you want to use (many online sources where you can get it
for a
> buck) then use the pattern from the photo as a fill effect on your object.
> HTH, GL
> GH
> "Bob Hickman" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for colors that punch or that have some depth to them.
> >
> > especially gold, marron, and burgurandy.....the kind of colors you see
on
> > expensive gift wrapping paper at christmas time!
> >
> > I've tried using the color wheel (PP 2003) but no avail. I usually get a
> > flat 2 dementional color with no "pop" or richness to them.
> >
> > please advise.....any help would be appreciated
> >
> > thanks
> > bob
> >
> >
> >

> but how about i just wanted those colors for plain old body text and not
> "word art"?

Afraid not. PPT doesn't let you fill text with photos.



>
> "headly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8FC9AC6C-A739-4CDB-A04C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > A lot of powerpoint objects support fill effects. Get a photo of the
> > color/texture you want to use (many online sources where you can get it
> for a
> > buck) then use the pattern from the photo as a fill effect on your object.
> > HTH, GL
> > GH
> > "Bob Hickman" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am looking for colors that punch or that have some depth to them.
> > >
> > > especially gold, marron, and burgurandy.....the kind of colors you see
> on
> > > expensive gift wrapping paper at christmas time!
> > >
> > > I've tried using the color wheel (PP 2003) but no avail. I usually get a
> > > flat 2 dementional color with no "pop" or richness to them.
> > >
> > > please advise.....any help would be appreciated
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > bob
> > >
> > >
> > >
>

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Thanks,

But, then how do i get the true color gold that will "pop" for my text?

thanks




"Steve Rindsberg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > but how about i just wanted those colors for plain old body text and not
> > "word art"?
>
> Afraid not. PPT doesn't let you fill text with photos.
>
>
>
> >
> > "headly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:8FC9AC6C-A739-4CDB-A04C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > A lot of powerpoint objects support fill effects. Get a photo of the
> > > color/texture you want to use (many online sources where you can get
it
> > for a
> > > buck) then use the pattern from the photo as a fill effect on your
object.
> > > HTH, GL
> > > GH
> > > "Bob Hickman" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for colors that punch or that have some depth to them.
> > > >
> > > > especially gold, marron, and burgurandy.....the kind of colors you
see
> > on
> > > > expensive gift wrapping paper at christmas time!
> > > >
> > > > I've tried using the color wheel (PP 2003) but no avail. I usually
get a
> > > > flat 2 dementional color with no "pop" or richness to them.
> > > >
> > > > please advise.....any help would be appreciated
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > > bob
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>
>

>
> But, then how do i get the true color gold that will "pop" for my text?

When you look at it carefully, there really is no true gold color. Gold is
reflective, so it's the combination of its natural color and the way it
reflects what's around it that determines what gold looks like.

That's why any single color you pick from the color picker in PPT looks flat.

But try using Word Art instead of plain text. Insert, Picture, Word Art ...

Then you can rightclick it and pick Format Word Art and assign various gradient
fills (or even a picture fill)

>
> thanks
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > > but how about i just wanted those colors for plain old body text and not
> > > "word art"?
> >
> > Afraid not. PPT doesn't let you fill text with photos.
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > "headly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:8FC9AC6C-A739-4CDB-A04C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > A lot of powerpoint objects support fill effects. Get a photo of the
> > > > color/texture you want to use (many online sources where you can get
> it
> > > for a
> > > > buck) then use the pattern from the photo as a fill effect on your
> object.
> > > > HTH, GL
> > > > GH
> > > > "Bob Hickman" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am looking for colors that punch or that have some depth to them.
> > > > >
> > > > > especially gold, marron, and burgurandy.....the kind of colors you
> see
> > > on
> > > > > expensive gift wrapping paper at christmas time!
> > > > >
> > > > > I've tried using the color wheel (PP 2003) but no avail. I usually
> get a
> > > > > flat 2 dementional color with no "pop" or richness to them.
> > > > >
> > > > > please advise.....any help would be appreciated
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks
> > > > > bob
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
> >
> >
>

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================