100% of people make this mistake.

And 100% we’ve all had that nightmare of being naked.

The mistake is: Highlighting the header of a table in a bold color.

It’s common to do.

And that nightmare is common too.

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I get it, we don’t want to share black and white tables.

But when we color our headers… and only our header rows….

It’s like wearing a hat and being the guy with that hat.

Worse, you might be the one wearing a hat without any clothes.

Watch the video to see what I mean.

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What I like to do is

A) use a pastel color on the header

B) Change the black text to a darker version of that pastel

C) Use Alternating Rows feature to add color to the tables.

D) this bring attention to the data, where you want attention.

Also

I like to use custom colors of the company I work for. It’s definitely eye-catching at first, but then fades to the back of ppl’s minds.

-Andrew, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spreadsheet Specialist

Bonus

Just an idea, use alternating colors for rows and then your headers won’t stick out as much.