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Safety Sign Colors & Meanings Guide

The document describes safety sign colors and their meanings according to ISO 7010 legislation. Red signs prohibit dangerous behaviors, yellow signs warn of hazards to take precautions, and blue signs mandate specific actions. Green signs indicate emergency exits or first aid facilities with no danger. Red firefighting signs identify fire equipment locations. Combination signs can provide multiple safety messages.

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Safety Sign Colors & Meanings Guide

The document describes safety sign colors and their meanings according to ISO 7010 legislation. Red signs prohibit dangerous behaviors, yellow signs warn of hazards to take precautions, and blue signs mandate specific actions. Green signs indicate emergency exits or first aid facilities with no danger. Red firefighting signs identify fire equipment locations. Combination signs can provide multiple safety messages.

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Color Meaning or Purpose Instruction & Intrinsic Features Example

Information

RED Prohibition/Danger Dangerous behavior; Round shape; black


alarm stop; shutdown; pictogram on white
emergency cut-out background; red edging
devices; evacuate and diagonal line; red part
to be at least 35% of the
area of the sign

YELLOW Warning Be careful; take Triangular shape; black


precautions; examine pictogram on yellow
background with black
edging; yellow part to be
at least 50% of the area
of the sign

BLUE Mandatory Specific behavior or Round shape; white


action e.g. wear pictogram on blue
personal protective background; blue part to
equipment be at least 50% of the
area of the sign

GREEN Emergency escape; Doors; exits; escape Rectangular or square


first aid. No danger routes equipment and shape; white pictogram
facilities Return to on green background;
normal green part to be at least
50% of the area of the
sign
RED (fire- Firefighting Identification & location Rectangular or square
fighting equipment shape; white pictogram
signs) on red background; red
part to be at least 50% of
the area of the sign

COMBINATION SIGNS
Under ISO 7010 legislation safety signs can be combined to give multiple messages.

This sign gives a hazard warning (yellow) that the site is dangerous. It gives a prohibition instruction (red) that there must be no unauthorized
entry and a mandatory instruction (blue) that a course of action must be taken – visitors report to site office.

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