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Restroom sign graphics and colors

Signs for gender-specific, gender-neutral, and handicap-accessible restrooms are part of a broad family of facility, notice, and maintenance signs falling under the umbrella of safety supplies that enable people to locate or avoid common-access areas in private establishments and public venues. Finding the right washroom easily and quickly is a key health and hygiene right. Many bathroom signs include traditional health-sign blue and white graphics or legends, although many signs also now come in white graphics on black backgrounds.

Private and public washrooms also require safety signs to indicate that they’re closed for cleaning or repair. Cleaning crews may create potential hazards for the public as they wet-mop floors or use cleaning chemicals that may require respirators. Cleaning crews or individuals may be male and/or female, and many customers, clients may prefer gender-specific facilities. Bifold floor placards indicating Do Not Enter or Restroom Closed for Cleaning are normally part of a facility’s standard janitorial supplies.

Distinctive signage

Many of the signs indicating washrooms are either wall-mounted or door-mounted. A more recent development in signage includes wall-mounted gender signs above washroom entrances, angled at 45 degrees so visitors can see them from a side or a front-view angle. Many come with an ultraviolet ray-resistant coating so they can hang outside without their graphics fading.

In addition to wheelchair-bound graphics to indicate people who need wider space for hygiene, bathroom signs include those for the visually impaired. The signs contain raised graphics of gender graphics or legends, and they have raised braille captions indicating gender at the bottom of the signs. 

A variety of brands supply restroom signs

While restroom signs are commercially viable, manufacturers that produce them are thoughtful about their visibility and tactile accessibility. Besides prominent signage makers like Accuform®, Cosco®, National Marker (NMC®), Advantus, and U.S. Stamp and Sign®, several other companies provide signage for private and public washrooms:

• Alpine Industries
• HeadLine®
• Integrated Suites
• Seco

Discover the contemporary set of washroom signage at Quill to find the style and design that meets your company’s safety or facility needs.