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A six-card don't grid of bad logo color and background placements, each struck through with a diagonal line.
Summary
A logo color misuse page: a 3x2 grid of cards showing wrong color and background choices for the mark, each crossed out with a diagonal strike and a short caption.
Visual description
Two-column layout with a short left column headed "Logo Color Misuse". The right side is a 3-column, 2-row grid of rounded cards. The top row shows flat-color backgrounds that kill contrast (full-color logo on cobalt, on poppy red, and the one-color black logo on ecru where full-color was possible), each struck red or black. The bottom row shows the logo placed badly over photos and textures (a clashing teal image, a light sky, a dark bridge), each with a diagonal strike and a caption explaining the contrast failure. The strikes and captions make each error legible at a glance.
Key takeaway
Extending the same don't-grid format from logo geometry to logo color and background, including real photo backgrounds. Pairing flat-fill failures (top) with photographic failures (bottom) covers both common contexts on one page.
Reuse notes
The companion to the logo-misuse page. Reuse the six-up strike grid and the flat-vs-photo split. Including actual photo placements is what makes this more useful than a color-only version. Keep captions diagnostic ("loses contrast"), not just "don't".
From this deck: Docusign logo color misuse grid
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