Instructions for creating PowerPoint background color effects - Create a new background for slides

In addition to slide backgrounds with patterns, PowerPoint also supports you to choose background colors with color matching effects of your choice. Below are instructions for creating PowerPoint background color matching effects.

How to create background color scheme effects PowerPoint 2016, 2019

Step 1:

In the PowerPoint interface, click on Design , then look down in the Customize group and click on Format Background.

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Step 2:

Display the PowerPoint slide background adjustment interface on the right side of the interface. First, click Fill and then select a color in the Color section below.

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If you want more colors , select More Colors below. This will display a color palette for you to choose the color you want to use.

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Step 3:

To choose more background color effects , click on Gradient Fill and then click on the effect in the Preset gradients section .

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Continue at Type you choose how to mix background colors in different directions. You click on each style to get the background color mix you want to use.

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Step 4:

Next, at Gradient stops, you will create different color points to create a PowerPoint background color scheme effect. Click Add gradient stop to add a color scheme point .

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Then click Colors below to choose a color for the selected color scheme point . For each point, choose a different color to create the background color scheme you want.

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Step 5:

If there is an inappropriate color point , click on that point and select Remove gradient stop to delete it.

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Below you can adjust the position of the color point , adjust the opacity, or brightness to suit. If you want to return to the original background, click Reset Background, if you want to use the background color scheme for all slides, click Apply to All.

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As a result, we get the PowerPoint background color scheme effect as shown below.

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Instructions for creating slide background color on PowerPoint 2007

Step 1:

At the interface, click on the Design tab and then click on Background Styles on the far right.

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Then click Format Background… below.

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Step 2:

A panel to customize the background color for slides on PowerPoint appears. In the Fill section, you can click Colors and then select the background color you want to use. To add more background colors, click More Colors.

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Users can choose the colors they like to use for slides on PowerPoint with 2 options: Standard and Custom.

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Step 3:

To add a color effect to the background color of the slide, click on Gradient Fill . Then in the Preset gradients section, select the effect you want to use.

Below we can adjust some more items such as Stop positions to create color bands with different colors, choose the angle of the color bands in the background,. Finally, click Apply to All to apply the background color to the entire slide.

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The result will be a background for PowerPoint slides as shown below. It is not a single color but has been added with a color mixing effect to change the single color.

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If you do not want to download the available backgrounds, you can create your own with the available background colors on PowerPoint. The colors also create beautiful PowerPoint backgrounds with color effects of your choice.

Good luck!

Isabella Humphrey

Update 06 October 2024