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Printable Toastmasters Green, Yellow, and Red Timing Cards

Print one full-page green, yellow, and red card for the room. Every card includes a large letter and color name, so the cue is readable without relying on color alone. Tonight’s briefing is on How to Be the Timer. Cue times are on the timing signals guide. Spoken lines stay on the Timer role script.

In the print dialog, choose landscape orientation and enable background graphics or colors. The printer will produce three pages—one card per page.

Timing card preview

The printed version expands each preview to its own landscape page.

GREEN

MINIMUM TIME REACHED

YELLOW

WRAP-UP WARNING

RED

MAXIMUM TIME REACHED

How to use the cards

  1. 1Confirm the signal times. Copy the exact requirements from the speaker's project, meeting agenda, or event briefing.
  2. 2Choose a visible position. Sit where the speaker can see the card without turning away from the audience.
  3. 3Follow the agreed sequence. Display green, yellow, and red at the specified times and for the specified duration.

Check the rules for every event

These cards are visual signals, not a universal timing schedule. Pathways projects, regular club segments, special events, and speech contests can use different times and procedures.

For a contest, follow the current official rulebook and the chief judge's briefing. Do not add an overtime card or assume regular meeting procedures apply unless the event instructions say so.

Find the current official rulebook

Designed to work beyond color alone

Each card pairs its background color with a large G, Y, or R and the full color name. Before the meeting, ask whether a speaker needs another signal format or accommodation and agree on a signal they can perceive reliably.

Print and prepare the physical cards

The sheets are a room prop. Confirm tonight’s briefing, cue times, and spoken lines on their own pages before you decide signal times from the card colors.

  1. 1Confirm the signal sequence and exact times from the current project, meeting agenda, contest rulebook, or Timer briefing.
  2. 2Open the print action and review the preview for three landscape pages, readable margins, and the correct background colors.
  3. 3Enable background graphics or colors, then print one test page before producing copies for the whole club.
  4. 4Place the cards where the speaker can see them without forcing a turn away from the audience; keep the timing device and log together.

For club practice

Use the project or agenda brief to set the checkpoints. If the speaker is rehearsing, say that the cards are practice cues and let them choose the feedback that helps.

For contests

Use the current contest rulebook and chief judge instructions. A contest timer may need a record sheet, a second timer, or a specific visibility rule in addition to the cards.

For online or hybrid

Test camera framing, contrast, lighting, and latency. Keep a spoken or chat backup if a remote speaker cannot reliably see the card.

Confirm the brief before you print

These printables are an independent, logo-free aid. Read tonight’s briefing on How to Be the Timer, look up green-yellow-red times on the timing signals guide, and copy spoken lines from the Timer role script. Compare the official Toastmasters Timer role page ↗ and the Toastmasters Timer resource library ↗ when the club or contest brief differs.

Toastmasters timing cards FAQ

Are these official Toastmasters timing cards?

No. They are independent, logo-free printable cards. Use the current Toastmasters Timer guidance, your club agenda, or the contest briefing for the timing procedure that applies.

What do green, yellow, and red mean?

The colors are visual checkpoints selected by the applicable project or event. This page labels them as minimum reached, wrap-up warning, and maximum reached, but it does not set universal times. Confirm the exact sequence before the meeting.

How do I print the three timing cards?

Choose Print all three timing cards, select landscape orientation, and enable background graphics or colors. The print layout creates one full-page card per sheet; check the preview before printing a large batch.

Can I use the cards in an online or hybrid meeting?

Use them on camera only if the speaker can see the signal reliably. For online meetings, the official Toastmasters resource library also offers timer backgrounds. Agree on a backup signal if video, contrast, or connection quality is not dependable.

Do speech contests use the same signal times as a club meeting?

Not necessarily. Contestants, chief judges, and timers follow the current contest rulebook and briefing. Do not copy a regular meeting range into a contest or assume an overtime signal is part of every event.

How can I make timing cards accessible?

Use the letter and full word on each card, not color alone. Ask the speaker what signal they can perceive, keep the card in a predictable position, and agree on an alternate visual, audio, or hand signal when needed.

Use the cards with the briefing, cue chart, and script

How to Be the TimerTonight’s briefing: agenda, hybrid, and the time report.Green, yellow, and red signal timesLook up cue meanings and common thresholds before you flip a card.Timer role script and meeting logCopy opening and report lines, download a CSV log, or print a blank time sheet.Toastmasters speech timerThe club clock — not a substitute for the printed cards in the room.

This independent, logo-free printable is not an official Toastmasters International document.

GREEN

MINIMUM TIME REACHED

YELLOW

WRAP-UP WARNING

RED

MAXIMUM TIME REACHED