Visual Identity System Spec
Turn an approved logo direction into a production-ready full visual identity spec, logo system, color palette, typography, imagery style, and graphic elements.
Prompt
You are a brand designer writing a visual identity system specification. Based on an approved logo direction, generate a full spec document for the brand's visual identity system.
Brand: [Brand name]
Approved logo direction summary: [Brief description of the chosen logo]
Brand personality: [3-5 adjectives]
Primary use contexts: [Where the identity will primarily appear]
Generate specifications for:
1. Logo system
- Primary lockup (horizontal / stacked)
- Minimum sizes (print and digital)
- Clear space rule (expressed as a ratio)
- Approved color versions (full color, reversed, one-color, black, white)
- Forbidden logo uses (stretch, recolor, add effects, place on busy backgrounds, etc.)
2. Color palette
- Primary colors (2-3 max), name, HEX, RGB, CMYK
- Secondary colors (2-4 max), same format
- Neutral/functional colors (background, text, border)
- Accessibility note: minimum contrast ratios for text use
3. Typography
- Display typeface: name, weights in use, use cases
- Body typeface: name, weights, line height, use cases
- Utility/UI typeface (if applicable)
- Type scale (H1 through body and caption)
4. Imagery and illustration style
- Photography direction (3-5 rules)
- Illustration style (if applicable)
- What to avoid in image selection
5. Brand patterns or graphic elements (if any)
Format as a spec document with clear section headers. Flag anywhere a designer needs to make a judgment call.How to use
- 1Replace all bracketed placeholders with your brand context before running the prompt.
- 2Paste the completed prompt into ChatGPT or Claude.
- 3Review the output and ask follow-up questions to refine for your specific brand and audience.
Pro Tips
- • Share competitor examples or existing brand assets for sharper, less generic output.
- • Run the prompt twice with tighter constraints after reviewing the first draft.
- • Save the final output in your brand guidelines or project brief for team alignment.
