This Slide Show is to review the basic colors of signs. Click to advance the show This show is strictly on colors. Do not rely on shapes.
Dec 14, 2015
This Slide Show is to review the basic colors of signs.
Click to advance the show
This show is strictly on colors.
Do not rely on shapes.
Your basic street signs that you might see on a daily basis are
red, white and yellow.Red – a regulatory color for stop, yield, do not enter signs
White – used for regulatory information such as speed limits, directional signs such as one-way, lane changes, and stop here signsYellow -- used for warning of road conditions and dangers ahead such as curves in the road, and special crossings such as deer or school crossings.
These colors are mainly seen on highways for information
Green – use mainly on highways for displaying distance and road directionsBlue – used for displaying road services such as rest areas and business at the exitsBrown -- used information leading to parks and recreation areas.
Orange relates to construction or maintenance dangers
Orange– Watch out for construction or maintenance, be ready to slow down or stop.
This Slide Show is to review the basic colors of signs.
Click to advance the showWhen you see a color, try to guess
what that color means.
Do not rely on shapes.
Brown is used for informational and
recreational
Red is used for stop signs, yield and restriction signs or
“Do Not” signs
Blue is used for traveler services, information, and
for Interstate and state route markers
Your basic street signs that you might see on a daily basis are red, white and yellow.
Red – a regulatory color for stop, yield, do not enter signs White – used for regulatory information such as speed limits, directional signs
such as one-way, lane changes, and stop here signsYellow – used for warning of road conditions and dangers ahead such as curves in the road, and special crossings such as deer or school crossings.
These colors are mainly seen on highways for information Green – use mainly on highways for displaying distance and road directions
Blue – used for displaying road services such as rest areas and business at the exitsBrown – used information leading to parks and recreation areas.
Orange relates to construction or maintenance dangersOrange – Watch out for construction or maintenance, be ready to slow down or stop.