The Valparaiso University colors are gold and brown.  Pantone 129 (gold) is to be used on coated paper, Pantone 114 (gold) on uncoated paper and Pantone 8640 as a metallic gold on ceremonial items such as diplomas, invitations, and table accessories.  Pantone 469 (Brown) is the brown to be used on coated paper with Pantone 168 (brown) to be used on the uncoated paper.

The official color usage for the Valparaiso University wordmark utilizes gold for the seal and brown for the typography.  Other variations are listed below:

1. Wordmark on gold, seal white, type brown
2. Wordmark in white on gold
3. Wordmark on brown, seal gold, type white
4. Wordmark black and white seal and black type