Brand Guide · v2.0 · April 2026

Kitorium

A place to get work done.

Kitorium is a quoting and payment platform for service businesses. Contractors, photographers, consultants, freelancers. Anyone whose business runs on quotes. We compress the revenue moment into a single flow: quote in under 60 seconds, get accepted, get paid.

Brand v2.0 Updated April 2026 For designers + collaborators
01 · Who we serve

Anyone whose business runs on quotes.

The most-concentrated example is the trades. The boundary is broader.

Kitorium is for the people whose business runs on quotes. The most-concentrated examples are in the trades. Handymen, lawn pros, contractors, electricians. But the customer set extends across any service business that quotes: photographers, videographers, cleaners, mobile detailers, tutors, freelance designers, copywriters, consultants, party planners, dog groomers, mobile mechanics. What unites them is the same revenue moment: the time between a customer's question and your answer is the difference between winning the job and losing it.

Our broader ambition is a family of apps that helps service pros quote in seconds, run their pipeline at a glance, and see what's actually winning them work, not what some dashboard thinks is winning them work.

02 · The intersection

Modern enough to read tech. Warm enough to read accessible.

The brand has to land for an investor opening our deck and a contractor opening our app.

We deliberately sit at an intersection. Modern enough that an investor reads "tech company." Warm and clear enough that a service pro doesn't feel talked down to. Specifically not the vertical-locked aesthetic of a ServiceTitan or Jobber. We serve more than just trades, and the brand has to feel inclusive across the verticals we work with. And specifically not generic geometric SaaS. That lane is full, and our customers don't see themselves in it.

The two readings
For an investor

Reads as a serious tech company. Composed. Intentional. Modern. Earns the deck.

The two readings
For a service pro

Reads as warm, plain, accessible. Doesn't feel like another app trying to sell them something.

Our visual heritage
Vintage Americana surfaces

Cream paper, terracotta accents, editorial serif. The system around the mark is warm and considered, not slick.

Our voice register
Modern and direct

Confident, warm, plain. Not corporate. Not cute. The most thoughtful person on a job site, not the one in the office.

03 · Color

Warm terracotta. Sage forest. Cream paper.

A deliberately warm palette that signals craft, not cold tech.

Primary · Terracotta
Terracotta#8C4327
Terracotta Light#B8623D
Terracotta Deep#6E3520
Terracotta Shade#4A2515
Secondary · Sage Forest
Forest#4A5848
Forest Soft#5A6B58
Forest Deep#2F3B30
Moss#889B7C
Surfaces · Paper
Paper#FDF9EE
Bone#FAF4E4
Parchment#F4E8D0
Cream#EFE2C7
Sand#E0D2B5
Inks · Type colors
Ink#1A1A18
Ink Soft#2C2A26
Charcoal#4A453E
Stone#7A7468
Mist#A8A294
Semantic
Success#4A7A3D
Error#B83A2E
Info#2C5575
Warning#C9911E
04 · Typography

Three fonts. One job each.

Editorial serif for display, neutral sans for body, mono for data and labels.

Newsreader Display · Headlines · Hero copy
Send a quote before they call someone else.

Newsreader is a low-contrast variable serif designed for editorial reading. We use it in sentence case for headlines, with selective italic emphasis on a single phrase per line. Variable optical size means it tunes itself to viewport.

300 Light · 400 Regular · 500 Medium · 600 SemiBold · 700 Bold · + italic
Inter Body · UI · Forms

Inter handles all body copy, UI labels, form fields, and any running text. It's neutral and legible at every size, with strong screen rendering and a complete weight range. It carries the tech-product side of our personality without competing with Newsreader's editorial moments.

300 Light · 400 Regular · 500 Medium · 600 SemiBold · 700 Bold
JetBrains Mono Mono · Labels · Data · Code
QUOTE #1042 · $1,240.00 · SENT 2H AGO · VALID UNTIL APR 26

JetBrains Mono creates a distinct visual layer for metadata, prices, status labels, and any system data. We use it sparingly, usually uppercase with letter-spacing, to signal "this is data, not prose."

400 Regular · 500 Medium
05 · Voice

Confident, warm, direct.

Crafted, not corporate. The most thoughtful person on a job site, not the one in the office.

Words we use
send it win the work on-site tap done crafted real work built well close your price in seconds plain honest get paid
Words we avoid
leverage synergy onboarding seamless empower solution streamline innovate best-in-class ecosystem robust journey disruptive game-changer
Same idea, two registers
"Quote sent. You'll know the second they accept."
"Your proposal has been successfully transmitted to the recipient."
"You've hit your free quote limit. Time to upgrade."
"You have reached the maximum allowed quotes for your current subscription tier."
"No card. No setup fee. Start quoting in under a minute."
"Please complete the onboarding journey to unlock premium features."
06 · In use

How the brand actually feels.

A few example surfaces showing how color, type, and voice come together.

Quote card · sent state
Bathroom remodel
$1,240
Sarah Johnson · sent 2h ago
Sent
Quote card · paid state
Wedding shoot
$2,800
Marcus & Lin · paid 10 min ago
Marketing headline
Send a quote before they call
someone else.

Pull from your service catalog, tap to add, send. No card to start.

07 · What we're not

The brand is defined as much by exclusion.

We've rejected several adjacent registers. Naming them keeps the system honest.

Not vertical-locked SaaS

ServiceTitan, Jobber, Housecall Pro all look and feel like they're for the trades only. We serve more than just trades; the brand has to feel inclusive across photographers, consultants, and freelancers too.

Not generic geometric SaaS

The cold geometric tech-startup register (Linear, Notion clones, generic gradient orbs) is a crowded lane and our customer doesn't see themselves in it. We need warmth and craft signals.

Not boutique or precious

No fashion-magazine cleverness. No tiny cute mascots. No script fonts or hand-lettered "made with love" warmth. The brand is grown-up, not cozy.

Not industrial or trade-bro

No high-vis yellow. No "BUILT TOUGH" all-caps. No tape-measure iconography. We're warm and crafted, not aggressively masculine or workshop-LARP.