Background Color

The main background of a page should always remain white.

Background color may be used judiciously to improve the readability of tables, like so:

These are the available background colors built into the Story Editor:

Border Color

Applying border color to tables (and bordered images) can dramatically affect the look of a page. Above, I've been using a "light gray" border. Here is an excerpt from that "pasta" table, formatted with six different border colors:

The differences are rather dramatic. What looks best depends on the background colors. 

• With navy and medium gray borders, avoid gold backgrounds.
• With maroon borders, avoid blue backgrounds. 
• Gold borders really only work with gold & white backgrounds. 
• Black, white, and light gray borders go with anything.
• Black is best around pictures, however, as it overwhelms tables.
• You can't go wrong with white, light gray, or no border at all.

COLOR IN GENERAL

If you remember nothing else, remember this...

To view some examples of the proper use of color, please click on the links below:

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