# Slide design: colours, font and background

> Give any slide its own text colour, font, background colour or background image.

Source: https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/slide-settings/slide-design · EngageSlide Help Center · Slide Settings

Video tutorial: [Slide design — video tutorial](https://youtu.be/5nSI4CV7Bcg)

## What it does

Every slide has a **Design** tab in the right column of the editor. Use it to change how that one slide looks — the text colour, the font, a background colour and a background image. The design shows on the big screen **and** on every phone, so the audience sees the same look. It works the same for every slide type.

## Step by step

1. Select the slide in the slide list and open the **Design** tab at the top of the right column.
2. Pick a **Text color** and a **Background color** with the colour pickers.
3. Click **Change Font Slide** to choose a font for this slide.
4. Click **Add background slide image** to upload a picture, then drag **Background visibility** until the text is easy to read.
5. Happy with it? Press **Apply background and color to all slides** to give every slide the same look.

![The Design tab — white text, the Poppins font, a dark background colour and a background image at 70% visibility.](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-design-editor.webp)

## Every option

- **Text color** — The colour of the slide’s text. Pick one of the 16 swatches, drag the colour and opacity sliders, or type a HEX or RGBA value.
- **Change Font Slide** — Search 1,000+ Google Fonts and click one. **Default** goes back to the presentation font. A slide font always wins over the [presentation font](https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/presentation-settings/logo-and-font).
- **Background color** — The colour behind the slide (white by default). With a background image, this colour is laid over the image.
- **Add background slide image** — Upload a picture to fill the slide. **Remove** takes it away again.
- **Background visibility** — Only shown when the slide has a background image. 100% shows the image as it is; lower values cover it more with the background colour, which keeps light text readable on a busy photo.
- **Apply background and color to all slides** — Copies this slide’s background image, background colour, visibility and text colour to every slide in the presentation. The font is not copied.

![Change Font Slide — search for a font and click it.](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-design-font.webp)

![Phones use the slide’s background, colours and font too](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-design-phone.webp)

![The designed slide on the big screen while presenting.](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-design-live.webp)

## Tips

- **Contrast first.** Light text needs a dark background (and the other way round) — people at the back of the room must be able to read it.
- **Busy photo?** Lower **Background visibility** and use a dark background colour: the photo stays visible but calmer.
- **Same look everywhere.** Design one slide, then press **Apply background and color to all slides**. New slides you add later start with the default design, so press it again at the end.
- **One font for the whole deck?** Set it once in [Presentation settings → Fonts](https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/presentation-settings/logo-and-font) and leave the slide font on Default.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Apply to all slides ask before overwriting?

No. It replaces the background and text colour of every slide straight away, so design the slide you want to copy first.

### Can I change the colour of answer bars or options?

Option colours are set per option on the slide’s **Content** tab, not on the Design tab.