Trying for a special color in a PPT presentation

[Guest]

For a title slide I'd like to have some of my text appear in a
'metallic-looking', bright, dressy color -- like a brilliant gold.
When I go to Format/Font/Color/More colors/ either Standard or Custom, I
can't find a color that looks like what I'm thinking of. If I could find a
sample someplace & then determine the RGB values it uses I could simply key
those in the Custom panel, but I don't know where to find such a thing.
I'm not interested in printing the presentation -- this is simply for viewing.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Bob

 

[Luc]

Bob,
Some color pickers here:
http://www.pptxtreme.com/
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html

 

[Guest]

Bob

Getting convincing mettalic colours is extremely difficult in powerpoint -
there's a lot more to it than RGB values. Do you have access to something
like photoshop? I can send you some simple samples if you drop me an email.

_____________________________
John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

For a title slide I'd like to have some of my text appear in a
'metallic-looking', bright, dressy color -- like a brilliant gold.
When I go to Format/Font/Color/More colors/ either Standard or Custom, I
can't find a color that looks like what I'm thinking of. If I could find a
sample someplace & then determine the RGB values it uses I could simply key
those in the Custom panel, but I don't know where to find such a thing.
I'm not interested in printing the presentation -- this is simply for viewing.

Try Word Art for your title rather than regular PPT text.

 

[Echo S]

Check this Google Groups thread for some ideas:

http://tinyurl.com/fhe44

 

[Ute Simon]

And please test your presentation with the projector you will be using.
Yellow is the most difficult color to project. (Especially the small
portable projectors often have difficulties with it.) Thus a color which
looks like "Gold" on your computer monitor may look totally different on the
large screen!

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Guest]

Thanks much, Luc -- handy little tools!

Bob

Bob,
Some color pickers here:
http://www.pptxtreme.com/
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much, John. Based on your comment, and on what I've been able to
see with one of the 'color picker' tools Luc referred me to (above) I'm
getting a sense of just how tricky this could be. At the very least I can
tell by examining a picture that does have the kind of metallic look that I'm
after, that the effect seems to be actually created by a mix of different
colors blending into each other.

Bottom line: this is a bigger deal (and more time-consuming to figure out)
than this small project justifies! This will have to wait for another time
when I can spare more study & experimentation time.

thanks to you both for the follow-up!

Bob