Simple yet Effective Design Tips for Teacher Authors

Are you a teacher author who struggles to create visually cohesive or appealing resources for your students or for commercial use? I have a couple simple yet effective tips for you. 

Colors play a big role in making your images or pages look attractive and cohesive. However, sometimes it is challenging to choose colors that go well together. The good news is you can actually find help easily without asking for a second eye. Here are the steps:

1. Look for a color palette. You can find so many of them on Google. You can specify a color in your search if you have a basic idea of which color you want to go with. 

Here's an example: 

Image from colorpalettes.net

When using the colors shown in the above image in your resource or any graphics related to it, you are likely to create an appealing resource with a professional, attractive look. 

But how can you choose these exact colors? Here are the steps:

(for PowerPoint Users) 

1. Insert the chosen color palette into your slide.

2. When you want to color any text box you have, shape, background, or text, choose the eyedropper tool that appears below the color scheme as you can see in the screenshot below. 

3. After choosing the eyedropper, you can go over any color from your color palette and pick it. The color of your selected text box/font/shape will change to match that picked color. Thus, you would get the same exact shade. 

Having a complementary color palette in your graphics and resources is a great first step in making your work stand out and feel cohesive. 

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