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OK, thanks for the clarification. So that's 11 colours, counting plain yellow and florescent yellow separately. I've seen flag signs with yellow backing, so 10 colours is possible if somewhat unlikely. I still don't think you can get grey in there for 11, and we still don't have a twelfth standard colour to get twelve.
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To be pedantic, the colour used for diversion route symbols and for route numbers on green backgrounds are the same - gold/yellow. Orange is a separate shade that is used almost nowhere: SOS phones use it, for example. You’d be hard pressed to find it on a direction sign. It would be worth checking to see if the explosion on a “no vehicles carrying explosives” roundel is orange or gold - if it is orange, a direction sign incorporating that symbol might be a rare chance to find it on a sign with other colours.SteelCamel wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 17:59From six upwards you're looking at the more complex direction signs. Nine is possible - a sign with a primary route (green, orange), motorway (blue, white), diversion route symbol (black, yellow), tourist (brown, white again), hospital (red, white again) and emergency services route (light green, white again, yellow again) has nine. Not sure any examples exist though. I can't see any way to get all ten - unless you count the backing board, grey is only used in "zone end" signs, which shouldn't appear on a direction sign.
Light green is the other challenge. Is the ULEZ symbol light green?
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The “no vehicles carrying explosives” seem to be standard yellow, but with pages of botched rood signs would not rule out a mis-printChris5156 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 12:01To be pedantic, the colour used for diversion route symbols and for route numbers on green backgrounds are the same - gold/yellow. Orange is a separate shade that is used almost nowhere: SOS phones use it, for example. You’d be hard pressed to find it on a direction sign. It would be worth checking to see if the explosion on a “no vehicles carrying explosives” roundel is orange or gold - if it is orange, a direction sign incorporating that symbol might be a rare chance to find it on a sign with other colours.SteelCamel wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 17:59From six upwards you're looking at the more complex direction signs. Nine is possible - a sign with a primary route (green, orange), motorway (blue, white), diversion route symbol (black, yellow), tourist (brown, white again), hospital (red, white again) and emergency services route (light green, white again, yellow again) has nine. Not sure any examples exist though. I can't see any way to get all ten - unless you count the backing board, grey is only used in "zone end" signs, which shouldn't appear on a direction sign.
Traffic light symbol has orange.
Standard GreenLight green is the other challenge. Is the ULEZ symbol light green?
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Non-standard green. Same zone.
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Re: Sign Colours
So which is correct, pity that sign did not have some red.
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The lighter green is correct. It's still confusing that instead of "light green" and "dark green" they're referred to as "green" and "dark green"
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Not sure if there's too many still around, but the old parking direction signs used orange, which is presumably the same shade, though I'm not sure if these particular ones were a TSRGD compliant use. The old pre-blue disabled badge holder parking symbol used orange, too.
I'm pretty sure the diagrams 543, 773 and 7019 all use the gold colour for the amber, rather than orange.
The DfT page Conekicker linked to has them listed as Dark Green and Light Green, though!Nathan_A_RF wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 13:58 The lighter green is correct. It's still confusing that instead of "light green" and "dark green" they're referred to as "green" and "dark green"
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Ok, thanks for the updates. So it seems that both orange and grey are real challenges. I guess it's not invalid to put the "P + SOS phone" sign on a direction sign, but it would seem highly unlikely. If we can have ULEZ rather then emergency services for the lighter green that probably helps.
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When I first saw this thread I thought I'd easily find a 7 or 8 near a tunnel. I haven't exhaustively searched but it seems tunnel warnings are generally on different signs from directions so found a number of 6s which include orange but no higher.
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It struck me at the weekend that it is probably easier than you think to find an example of seven - green, white, black, red, blue, brown and yellow. Maybe a sign to a car park and tourist information, perhaps even on a primary route with signage to a hospital or a height restriction.
Well, not on a primary route (any more), but here is one.
Well, not on a primary route (any more), but here is one.
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Good idea, seven on this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.316178, ... 384!8i8192
I imagine you'll find a sigh like this near any motorway junction with a tourist destination and hospital nearby.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.316178, ... 384!8i8192
I imagine you'll find a sigh like this near any motorway junction with a tourist destination and hospital nearby.
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Is this hospital blue the same blue as motorway blue? https://www.google.com/maps/@54.671321, ... 384!8i8192tom66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 08:34 Good idea, seven on this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.316178, ... 384!8i8192
I imagine you'll find a sigh like this near any motorway junction with a tourist destination and hospital nearby.
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I would say yes in most cases. You can get motorway signs patched badly. I think Motorway blue has changed colour over the years rather than just faded.wallmeerkat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 09:38Is this hospital blue the same blue as motorway blue? https://www.google.com/maps/@54.671321, ... 384!8i8192tom66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 08:34 Good idea, seven on this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.316178, ... 384!8i8192
I imagine you'll find a sigh like this near any motorway junction with a tourist destination and hospital nearby.
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All the colours are, in theory, the same. With the rider that there can be slight variations between the different manufacturers and indeed batches from any given manufacturer. This is most noticeable if an old sign is patched, the old sheeting having faded to some extent.wallmeerkat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 09:38Is this hospital blue the same blue as motorway blue? https://www.google.com/maps/@54.671321, ... 384!8i8192tom66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 08:34 Good idea, seven on this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.316178, ... 384!8i8192
I imagine you'll find a sigh like this near any motorway junction with a tourist destination and hospital nearby.
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Not sure if it was patched but it did used to be red for part time A+E https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6712783 ... 312!8i6656Conekicker wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:09All the colours are, in theory, the same. With the rider that there can be slight variations between the different manufacturers and indeed batches from any given manufacturer. This is most noticeable if an old sign is patched, the old sheeting having faded to some extent.wallmeerkat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 09:38Is this hospital blue the same blue as motorway blue? https://www.google.com/maps/@54.671321, ... 384!8i8192tom66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 08:34 Good idea, seven on this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.316178, ... 384!8i8192
I imagine you'll find a sigh like this near any motorway junction with a tourist destination and hospital nearby.
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Now we just need to find a hospital located next to a motorway and tourist destination for which carrying explosives nearby is also prohibited.
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Nice example here -Conekicker wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:09All the colours are, in theory, the same. With the rider that there can be slight variations between the different manufacturers and indeed batches from any given manufacturer. This is most noticeable if an old sign is patched, the old sheeting having faded to some extent.wallmeerkat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 09:38Is this hospital blue the same blue as motorway blue? https://www.google.com/maps/@54.671321, ... 384!8i8192tom66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 08:34 Good idea, seven on this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.316178, ... 384!8i8192
I imagine you'll find a sigh like this near any motorway junction with a tourist destination and hospital nearby.
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One for the Botched roadsign thread? viewtopic.php?t=20733solocle wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 16:50Nice example here - (previous image clipped)Conekicker wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:09All the colours are, in theory, the same. With the rider that there can be slight variations between the different manufacturers and indeed batches from any given manufacturer. This is most noticeable if an old sign is patched, the old sheeting having faded to some extent.wallmeerkat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 09:38
Is this hospital blue the same blue as motorway blue? https://www.google.com/maps/@54.671321, ... 384!8i8192
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How about some of the weird Devon signs which show industrial estates in different colours? Some around Barnstaple and Newton Abbot if I remember correctly.
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Also Ashford (Kent) & Basingstoke.
Stevenage used to have each district a different colour, this was on the street names in that district :
Old Town - Grey, Bedwell - Blue, Pin Green - Green, Shepell - Red, Chells - Yellow, Broadwater - Brown etc. It was also on the direction signs at many roundabouts as a little coloured squares.
Edit : If this sign had not faded beyond being useful it may have set the record
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