I did a responsive reading in an SSPSS that had womens and mens parts. I was a little more blatant. The men's part was in blue and the women's part was in pink.

We use white most of the time. If the backgrounds are light, I either darken them using the effects option or I add more shadow.

Some people are a little too sensitive when it comes to distractions. I know that as operators we have to be aware of what we do and take care not to draw attention away from the message and to our work but let's face it, some folks would be distracted whether you had multimedia or not. I just trust the Lord to lead me in the design of a service. Our church is a small country Baptist church full of traditional worshippers. I am given artistic freedom and in four years have never had a complaint from my pastor or anyone else about the screen being "distracting". If anything I believe it has drawn more attention to and intensified the message. I do thank God that I am blessed to be surrounded by such support. I feel for you guys that have to walk on pins and needles with the fear that what you do will distract someone from worship.

Typically, we use only one text color since we most often use the same image background for all the songs in one service -- but different each week. We select the color most readable on the background.