Brown Sign Vinyl

Often considered as dull, in the right context brown can be a beautiful and elegant color choice, provoking feelings of warmth, honesty, and connectedness with nature. It is also proven to stimulate appetite, which makes it a serious contender for food branding projects. Browse our wide selection of calendered and cast Sign films from 3M™, Avery™ and ORACAL® and get just the style and type of Sign vinyl you need.

What Is the Color Brown on the Color Wheel?

Brown is a composite color, which means that it can be created by mixing red, yellow, and black. In an RGB additive color model, brown is created by combing red and green together. Because it is a composite color, derived from primary and secondary colors, brown doesn’t feature on a traditional painter’s color wheel. On modern color wheels it is generally shown as a shade of orange, with orange sitting between red and yellow on the wheel. Brown, alongside red, orange, and yellow, is considered a warm color, as opposed to a cool color, such as blue, green, or violet.

What Are Some Popular Shades of Brown?

  • Umber. Raw umber and burnt umber are some of the oldest pigments known to man.
  •  Sienna. Raw sienna and burnt sienna are pigments were sourced, like umber, from clay. The color’s name is taken from the Italian city of Siena, where the clay was mined during the Renaissance period.
  • Tawny. A light brown-orange color takes its name from the old French word tané, used to mean the process of tanning leather. This pale brown hue is related to tan, a less-orange pale brown, buff, beige, and butterscotch. These pale browns are easy to live with, and make excellent substitutes for grey or white in interior schemes.
  •  Copper. The metallic version of brown, with some copper hues appearing more orange and others more brown.

How to Use Brown in Signs and Designs

Brown can be used as both a neutral color, in place of black, white, or gray, or as a color in itself. When used alone, as a single color or as a variety of tints and shades, brown creates a sense of earthiness and warmth. This is perhaps best demonstrated in Scandinavian interior design, which uses a wide range of brown tones and natural materials to create an earthy, calming interior.

Brown Sign Vinyl for Your Machine

Irrespective of which type of professional or commercial vinyl cutter you own, you can be sure it will cut any of the Silver Sign vinyl we sell. Listed below is a brief list of some of the more popular electronic cutting machines you can use with our vinyl:

  • Roland
  • Jaguar
  • Graphtec
  • Any other cutter/plotter


In general, standard blades can be used with most varieties of Sign vinyl although we do recommend a 60 degree blade for reflective and glow-in-the-dark Sign films. As always, be sure to check your down force and speed settings before cutting any film types you have not used before to ensure optimal weeding


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by Cal, 5.00

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love this color. nice a muted tan

by Cal, 5.00

3/22/2023
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not too dark and not too light. gives it a classic look

by Cal, 4.25

3/22/2023
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too yellow imo

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4.60 | 10 Reviews