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2.4c Use of FAO emblem and logos

Policy

The FAO Web Quality Assurance Checklist is the official FAO guideline on how the FAO emblem and logos should be displayed on Web pages. According to the checklist, the FAO emblem should always be displayed and always in the banner. It should never be re-invented, modified, animated or used as a watermark. Any other logo present should appear smaller than the FAO emblem, unless it is a partner organization, in which case the logo must be the same size as the FAO emblem. The FAO emblem must link to the FAO home page in the same language as the originating page.

The FAO emblem may only be:

  • "UN blue";
  • black; or
  • reversed-out white.

It is recommended that you clear programme, project and partner organizations' logos with LEG and OCP.

To download FAO emblem files, as prepared by OCP, see FAO Emblem guidelines.

Checklist... FAO emblem and logo

  • The FAO emblem must always be displayed on an FAO Web site and always in the banner;
  • The FAO emblem should never be re-invented, modified, animated or appear as a watermark;
  • The FAO emblem must link to the FAO home page in the same language as the originating page;
  • No logo should be bigger than the FAO emblem (specifically partner logos); and
  • The FAO emblem and logo files, as .gif and .jpg, are available on the Intranet.

The FAO emblem may only be "UN blue", black or reversed-out white. The colour specifications to render "UN blue" are:

  • RGB: Red 102, Green 138, Blue 214;
  • CMYK: Cyan 72, Magenta 42, Yellow 0, Black 0;
  • Pantone: 279; and
  • HEX: 668AD6.