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

Silver and Black   aaaaaaa Black on Yellow   aaaaaaa Blue on Yellow     aaaaaaa Yellow on Brown  aaaaaaa Black on White    aaaaaaa White on Green   aaaaaaa Red on White      aaaaaaa Yellow on Black   aaaaaaa

White on Brown  aaaaaa Yellow on Red     aaaaaa White on Blue     aaaaaa Brown on Yellow   aaaaa White on Red     aaaaaa Yellow on Blue   aaaaaa Brown on White  aaaaa Red on Yellow    aaaaaa Green on White  aaaaaa

Viewing Distance Guide 

Letter Height (MM)	Maximum Readable Distance (mtrs)	Readable Distance for Maximum Impact (mtrs)
30	15	3
75	30	9
100	45	12
150	60	18
200	106	24
230	122	27
250	137	30
300	160	36
380	192	45
480	220	53
610	305	73
760	380	91
910	438	110
1010	533	128
1220	610	146
1370	685	165
1520	760	182

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