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100

This is the mixture of a brand color with white.

Tint
100

This was the first organization to adopt the Minnesota brand.

Explore Minnesota

100

This document describes critical elements of the Minnesota brand.

State Brand Style Guide

100

This is the primary font family used in the Minnesota brand.

Brandon Grotesque

100

Logo packages contain assets in the following color modes: CMYK, PANTONE, RGB and _______.

Grayscale

200

This color palette is used to communicate alerts or danger.

Safety color palette

200

This ad agency designed the State of Minnesota logo.

Little Co.

200

This secure website contains templates and brand information for state employees.

Brand extranet

200

This is a companion type family to our primary brand font, optimized for readability.

Brandon Text

200

Clear space around the Minnesota logo is always equal to this measurement.

The height of the "MN"

300

This describes the level of visibility of one color against another color.

Color contrast

300

Event and anniversary logos were adopted in this iteration of the style guide.

2018

300

This team is responsible for final, high-level decisions related to the Minnesota brand.

The Brand Governance Team

300

This substitute font is used in Word docs, email signatures, and other “business” uses.

Calibri

300

Agency subsidiary logos, such as program logos, are produced by this group.

Agencies.

400

This is the PANTONE color associated with “Minnesota Green.”

PANTONE 368 C

400

This is the year the Minnesota brand first made an appearance

2014

400

This is a collection of design samples that strongly reflects the Minnesota brand in action.

Design project showcase (found on the extranet)

400

This substitute font is used on State of Minnesota websites.

Open Sans

400

The size of the MN brand mark in a vertical agency logo is this much bigger than the horizontal logo version.

150% of the size, or 50% larger (depending on semantics)

500

This is the CMYK color value of “Minnesota Blue.”

C-100; M-60; Y-10; K-53

500

he Great Seal of the State of Minnesota was adopted in what year?

1858

500

This is the email address for the brand governance team

brandteam@state.mn.us

500

This is a chain of “fallback” fonts on a website.

Font stack

500

This is the number of lockups in the core Minnesota logo set.

Three: Primary, Justified and Horizontal. The icon isn’t technically a lockup.