Color don'ts grid

Summary

A "Color Don'ts" page: four prohibited color treatments shown as crossed-out swatch blocks in a 2x2 grid beside a short left-aligned text column.

Visual description

The slide sits on a warm cream ground. A narrow left column holds the "Color Don'ts" headline and two short paragraphs in dark brown explaining the palette must not be misinterpreted, modified or added to. To the right, a 2x2 grid of rectangular examples, each struck through with thin diagonal X lines and captioned beneath: top-left a rainbow gradient of the brand colors ("Do not create a gradient out of our colors"), top-right pastel and shifted versions ("Do not modify brand colors"), bottom-left an old palette including blue ("Do not use our previous visual brand identity colors"), bottom-right a distressed red texture ("Do not add distressing effects to the brand colors"). Header chrome and page number "065" run along the top.

Key takeaway

Showing the wrong way as actual rendered swatches with a literal cross through each, rather than describing prohibitions in prose. The 2x2 grid plus one-line captions makes four separate rules instantly scannable.

Reuse notes

The standard "don'ts" page for a color section; reuse the crossed-out-swatch-grid pattern anywhere you need to demonstrate misuse (gradients, recoloring, legacy colors, textures). Keep the caption under each example short and start it with "Do not" for parallel structure.