SIGN DESIGN TIPS

 SIGN DESIGN

• What would you like to promote?
• Permanent or temporary?
• Indoors or outdoors?
• Do you need specific colors?
• Will your sign be illuminated?
• Illuminated: internal or external?
• What message do you want to portray?
• Your product or service?
• Your phone number?
• Your company name?

 SIGN COLOURS

Examples of complementary colour schemes.

When you choose one colour and its opposite colour, you also include all the tints, tones and shades of both colours. This provides a wider range of choices.

Keep space around the text to make it easy to read – If there is not enough spaces around the letters, than it is hard to read

Choose easy to read typefaces for best exposure

Why Use Contrasting Colours?

• Contrasting colours make it easy to read your message
• Professional appearance
• Make you stand out from the crowd
• Signs are the first impression of your business

Colours and their effects

• Reads and oranges are used to alert people
• Blues and greens are soothing colours
• Yellows and Fluorescent are exciting

Good Colour Combinations

Viewing Distance Guide 

NOTE THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE COLOUR IS BASED ON RED OR BLACK ON WHITE BACKGROUND