Sometimes a solid color background with simple white text can make for a stronger design than a slide full of images and text.

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The Rubik's Cube--that maddening twistable puzzle that requires mental and digital dexterity to twist and turn bands on a cube until each side is a solid color--is making a comeback.

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These days, Britain's sovereign exhibits a more conservative wardrobe, including solid-color overcoats, decorative hats that allow her to be picked out easily in a crowd of patriotic well-wishers, and headscarves.

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Breeders for PepsiCo developed the potatoes, in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, to be the best for chipping thin-skinned, round, and solid, with good color and flavor.

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Eerier yet is Robert Moskowitz's "Skyscraper, " from 1998, which presciently depicts the matching behemoths as two solid-black fields of color dark shadows set against a bleakly gray sky.

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The end result is a pixel density of 275ppi, which is slightly better than the One S. Thanks to the S-LCD screen, text is very sharp and crisp, viewing angles are admirable and color reproduction is solid.

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Solid- state LED technology allows for enhanced color performance and a thinner profile than previous HP Essential Displays.

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The solid version of the Olympic rings can only be used for single-color reproduction in any one of the official Olympic colors plus grey, bronze, silver or gold.

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