--- title: Blackboard animation videos? VideoScribe can do that too! description: How to create blackboard animation videos with VideoScribe. 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Instead of the classic white canvas with a black marker, the color palette is inverted: a dark grey or black background with light text and illustrations drawn on top. It is used widely across a range of contexts: 🎓 Education and e-learning The blackboard aesthetic instantly signals "this is a lesson," which primes viewers to pay attention. 📊 Corporate explainers It brings a serious, credible tone to complex topics and makes dense information feel approachable. 📱 Marketing videos The contrast and texture make it visually distinctive in a social feed dominated by bright, white-background content. ## How to create a blackboard animation in VideoScribe Creating the blackboard effect is straightforward. You are adjusting three things: your canvas, your text color, and your hand. Here are the exact settings to use: VideoScribe blackboard settings Background color #474747 Text color #e3e3e3 Hand style Chalk (available on all VideoScribe hands) Image strokes #e3e3e3 — many library images have color-changeable strokes; matching the stroke color to your text color keeps illustrations consistent with the blackboard style Recommended fonts **Caveat** — natural handwriting feel, great for a casual chalk style **Patrick Hand** — clean and readable, works well at any size **Kalam** — rougher and more authentic, closest to real chalk **Special Elite** — typewriter-meets-blackboard, distinctive and classic **Josefin Sans** — modern and crisp, pairs well with handwritten fonts **Raleway** — elegant and highly legible on dark backgrounds The off-white text color reads like chalk without being too harsh against the dark background. Switch to the chalk hand and the effect is complete. ## Seeing it in action: how DeepRed55 uses blackboard animation UK digital agency [DeepRed55](http://www.deepred55.co.uk/) have been using VideoScribe since 2014 to help their clients with branding, marketing and customer engagement. One of their most effective videos uses a black canvas to give a Formula 1 theme, a great example of how a simple background change can transform the feel of a video entirely. ![DeepRed55 competitive industry team video image](https://blog.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Deep%20red%20competitive%20industry%20video%20image.png?width=687&name=Deep%20red%20competitive%20industry%20video%20image.png) Karl Bantleman, Marketing Director at DeepRed55, explains how they use VideoScribe for clients in less obviously exciting industries: > We use them to describe the service of our client , in particular those clients that are in industries deemed to be less interesting than others. It helps the client maintain their customers' concentration, which allows them to get their message across. > > Karl Bantleman, Internet Marketing Director, DeepRed55 DeepRed55 also made a VideoScribe video for 3BM, a mutual organization that provides support services to schools, an audience that responds especially well to the clarity and authority of a teaching-style format. > Not many digital agencies have an internal creative team and we wanted to combine our digital abilities with our ability to think creatively, and VideoScribe was perfect for that. We use VideoScribes when we pitch for business and the response has always been brilliant. > > Karl Bantleman, Internet Marketing Director, DeepRed55 ## Why blackboard animation works The power of blackboard animation comes down to contrast, both visual and conceptual. Visually, dark backgrounds with light content have higher perceived contrast, which makes text and illustrations pop. In a world of white-background videos and bright marketing content, a dark canvas stands out. Conceptually, the blackboard aesthetic carries associations that work in your favor: teaching, expertise, explanation. When viewers see chalk on a blackboard, they are primed to learn. That is valuable if your video is explaining a product, a process, or an idea. It is a small design decision with a surprisingly large psychological effect. [![Blackboard animation video example VideoScribe](https://blog.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Blackboard%20Video%20example%20image.png?width=687&name=Blackboard%20Video%20example%20image.png)](https://blog.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/BlackboardVideoExample-2.png) Find us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/SparkolHQ) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/VideoScribeApp) to share your own VideoScribe work. 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