Colour Schemes for Australian Roadsigns

[Paul Rands]

Hi Guys

I was wondering if anyone has an officially sanctioned colour list for Australian roadsigns.

Looking for PANTONE, CMYK or RGB format. Thanks!

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

[Viseth]

The colours used on road signs as per AS1743:

Red — Colour R13 Signal Red
Yellow — Colour Y15 Sunflower
Brown — Colour X65 Dark Brown
Blue — Colour B23 Bright Blue
Standard Green — Colour G12 Holly Green
Green — Colour G13 Emerald

Swatches can be found on the Dulux website:

http://www.duluxprotectivecoatings.com.au/colour-as2700.html

Viseth

> paul00...@gmail.com

[Paul Rands]

Thanks Viseth

Am just reviewing my shield and sign colours for the site.

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Aussie Highways" group.
> To post to this group, send email to aussie-...@googlegroups.com.
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to aussie-highwa...@googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/aussie-highways?hl=en.
>

[Dr B.J. Winzer]

Is that non-standard green "Freeway Green"? :)

Aaaand... what about orange signs, and the occasional fluorescent signs?

On 19-Mar-2011 22:27, Viseth wrote:
> The colours used on road signs as per AS1743:
>

> Red � Colour R13 Signal Red
> Yellow � Colour Y15 Sunflower
> Brown � Colour X65 Dark Brown
> Blue � Colour B23 Bright Blue
> Standard Green � Colour G12 Holly Green
> Green � Colour G13 Emerald

[Paul Rands]

Hi BJ,

Doesnt seem to be, see below:

  

  

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

On 19/03/2011, at 11:28 PM, Dr B.J. Winzer wrote:

Is that non-standard green "Freeway Green"? :)

Aaaand... what about orange signs, and the occasional fluorescent signs?

On 19-Mar-2011 22:27, Viseth wrote:

The colours used on road signs as per AS1743:

Red — Colour R13 Signal Red

Yellow — Colour Y15 Sunflower

Brown — Colour X65 Dark Brown

Blue — Colour B23 Bright Blue

Standard Green — Colour G12 Holly Green

Green — Colour G13 Emerald

Swatches can be found on the Dulux website:

http://www.duluxprotectivecoatings.com.au/colour-as2700.html

Viseth

On Mar 19, 8:11 pm, Paul Rands<paul00...@gmail.com>  wrote:

Hi Guys

I was wondering if anyone has an officially sanctioned colour list for Australian roadsigns.

Looking for PANTONE, CMYK or RGB format. Thanks!

--

Paul Rands

paul00...@gmail.com

[Sam Laybutt]

It must be my monitor because those colours don't look like what we see on the road, particularly the brown. 


In the Swan Valley in WA there's some weird brown signs (across the whole valley - installed as part of the same scheme) that look kinda like maroon!



http://www.ozroads.com.au/misc/wa/117.jpg

---

Subject: Re: [Aussie Highways] Re: Colour Schemes for Australian Roadsigns
From: paul...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:03:22 +1100
To: aussie-...@googlegroups.com

[Paul Rands]

I agree

The brown does not look right at all

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

[Paul Rands]

THose Swan Valley signs are burgundy / maroon to signify you're in a wine region

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

On 20/03/2011, at 12:19 AM, Sam Laybutt wrote:

[Sam Laybutt]

The older brown signs - the last of the painted ones - tend to fade towards Orange as well...

---

Subject: Re: [Aussie Highways] Re: Colour Schemes for Australian Roadsigns
From: paul...@gmail.com

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:20:09 +1100
To: aussie-...@googlegroups.com

[Sam Laybutt]

Interesting, I've not seen that in the standards before. I also don't think I've seen it used elsewhere in the state either, although my memory of winery signage around Margaret River is not good. 



It still wouldn't surprise me if it is a mass-produced error.

---

Subject: Re: [Aussie Highways] Re: Colour Schemes for Australian Roadsigns
From: paul...@gmail.com

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:20:44 +1100
To: aussie-...@googlegroups.com

[Paul Rands]

I think it's a WA thing, although there's a couple of wineries locally on the Princes Hwy that also have burgundy signs, also in MUTCD fonts.

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

[Paul Rands]

Have attached a colour chart I spent most of tonight fiddling with. The Australian green and brown Pantone colours are extracted from a VicRoads MUTCD PDF. The bottom 293/109 is numbers listed for tourist information "i" signs in the QLD MUTCD

[Dr B.J. Winzer]

You guys are forgetting - those are Pantone colours.� No matter what you do, it's never going to look right on a computer monitor - monitors deal with RGB additive colours, but Pantone is in the RYB subtractive colour space, and designed only for printed materials like fabrics and paper based packaging.

On 20-Mar-2011 00:20, Paul Rands wrote:

I agree

The brown does not look right at all

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

On 20/03/2011, at 12:19 AM, Sam Laybutt wrote:

It must be my monitor because those colours don't look like what we see on the road, particularly the brown.�

In the Swan Valley in WA there's some weird brown signs (across the whole valley - installed as part of the same scheme) that look kinda like maroon!



http://www.ozroads.com.au/misc/wa/117.jpg

---

Subject: Re: [Aussie Highways] Re: Colour Schemes for Australian Roadsigns

From:�paul...@gmail.com

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:03:22 +1100

To:�aussie-...@googlegroups.com

Hi BJ,

Doesnt seem to be, see below:

��

��

--
Paul Rands
paul...@gmail.com

On 19/03/2011, at 11:28 PM, Dr B.J. Winzer wrote:

Is that non-standard green "Freeway Green"? :)

Aaaand... what about orange signs, and the occasional fluorescent signs?

On 19-Mar-2011 22:27, Viseth wrote:

The colours used on road signs as per AS1743:

Red � Colour R13 Signal Red

Yellow � Colour Y15 Sunflower

Brown � Colour X65 Dark Brown

Blue � Colour B23 Bright Blue

Standard Green � Colour G12 Holly Green

Green � Colour G13 Emerald

Swatches can be found on the Dulux website:

http://www.duluxprotectivecoatings.com.au/colour-as2700.html

Viseth

--�

You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Aussie Highways" group.

To post to this group, send email to�aussie-...@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to�aussie-highwa...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at�http://groups.google.com/group/aussie-highways?hl=en.

[davis]

I thought Pantone was Pantone -- a Pantone colour is not itself
specified by anything other than its Pantone number (or it may be
specified by hexachrome, somewhere). Which in turn leaves the
processor to map it into an RGB or CMYK colour as required.

Anyway, because signage is not produced in process colour, the Pantone
spots may persist successfully through CAD. But the actual colour may
then end up varying at the sign manufacturer.


Which incidentally may explain why the are several shades of mderns
relective signs in NSW that are all mean to be "green" ...



On Mar 20, 1:17 am, "Dr B.J. Winzer" <sarcophagu...@iprimus.com.au>
wrote:
> You guys are forgetting - those are Pantone colours.  No matter what you

> do, it's never going to look right on a computer monitor - monitors deal
> with RGB additive colours, but Pantone is in the RYB subtractive colour
> space, and designed only for printed materials like fabrics and paper
> based packaging.
>
> On 20-Mar-2011 00:20, Paul Rands wrote:
>
>
>
> > I agree
>
> > The brown does not look right at all
>
> > --
> > Paul Rands

> > paul00...@gmail.com <mailto:paul00...@gmail.com>

>
> > On 20/03/2011, at 12:19 AM, Sam Laybutt wrote:
>
> >> It must be my monitor because those colours don't look like what we
> >> see on the road, particularly the brown.
>

> >> In the Swan Valley in WA there's some weird brown signs (across the
> >> whole valley - installed as part of the same scheme) that look kinda
> >> like maroon!
>
> >>http://www.ozroads.com.au/misc/wa/117.jpg
>

> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >> Subject: Re: [Aussie Highways] Re: Colour Schemes for Australian
> >> Roadsigns

> >> From:paul00...@gmail.com <mailto:paul00...@gmail.com>

> >> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:03:22 +1100

> >> To:aussie-...@googlegroups.com
> >> <mailto:aussie-...@googlegroups.com>

>
> >> Hi BJ,
>
> >> Doesnt seem to be, see below:
>

> >> --
> >> Paul Rands
> >> paul00...@gmail.com <mailto:paul00...@gmail.com>

>
> >> On 19/03/2011, at 11:28 PM, Dr B.J. Winzer wrote:
>
> >>     Is that non-standard green "Freeway Green"? :)
>
> >>     Aaaand... what about orange signs, and the occasional fluorescent
> >>     signs?
>
> >>     On 19-Mar-2011 22:27, Viseth wrote:
>
> >>         The colours used on road signs as per AS1743:
>
> >>         Red � Colour R13 Signal Red
>
> >>         Yellow � Colour Y15 Sunflower
>
> >>         Brown � Colour X65 Dark Brown
>
> >>         Blue � Colour B23 Bright Blue
>
> >>         Standard Green � Colour G12 Holly Green
>
> >>         Green � Colour G13 Emerald
>
> >>         Swatches can be found on the Dulux website:
>
> >>        http://www.duluxprotectivecoatings.com.au/colour-as2700.html
>
> >>         Viseth
>

> >> --
> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> >> Groups "Aussie Highways" group.

> >> To post to this group, send email toaussie...@googlegroups.com
> >> <mailto:aussie-...@googlegroups.com>.

> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email

> >> toaussie-highw...@googlegroups.com
> >> <mailto:aussie-highwa...@googlegroups.com>.

> >> For more options, visit this group

> >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/aussie-highways?hl=en.

>
> > --
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> > Groups "Aussie Highways" group.
> > To post to this group, send email to aussie-...@googlegroups.com.
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> > aussie-highwa...@googlegroups.com.
> > For more options, visit this group at

> >http://groups.google.com/group/aussie-highways?hl=en.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[Sam Laybutt]

I'll admit I know nothing about colours on the computer, paint, vinyl etc.


However, sign designs that go out to manufacturers clearly state the colour, e.g. "Class 1 retroreflective white legend" or "class 1 standard green" so surely there is some standard that specifies what this is meant to be?


> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:12:02 -0700
> Subject: [Aussie Highways] Re: Colour Schemes for Australian Roadsigns
> From: hornet...@gmail.com
> To: aussie-...@googlegroups.com

[Viseth]

AS1906.1

IIRC, 1906.1 specifies the acceptable colour range that
retroreflective colours can have, based on reflective properties of
the material (something like that).

Viseth

On Mar 20, 12:41 pm, Sam Laybutt <crazyknights...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'll admit I know nothing about colours on the computer, paint, vinyl etc.
>
> However, sign designs that go out to manufacturers clearly state the colour, e.g. "Class 1 retroreflective white legend" or "class 1 standard green" so surely there is some standard that specifies what this is meant to be?
>
> > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:12:02 -0700
> > Subject: [Aussie Highways] Re: Colour Schemes for Australian Roadsigns

> > From: hornetfigh...@gmail.com

[Viseth]

Not sure about orange.

When it comes to retroreflective and fluorescent colours, there's a
number of guidelines which deal with an 'acceptable colour range' that
the sign materials need to have.

Viseth

On Mar 19, 11:28 pm, "Dr B.J. Winzer" <sarcophagu...@iprimus.com.au>
wrote:

> Is that non-standard green "Freeway Green"? :)
>
> Aaaand... what about orange signs, and the occasional fluorescent signs?
>
> On 19-Mar-2011 22:27, Viseth wrote:
>
> > The colours used on road signs as per AS1743:
>

> > Red Colour R13 Signal Red
> > Yellow Colour Y15 Sunflower
> > Brown Colour X65 Dark Brown
> > Blue Colour B23 Bright Blue
> > Standard Green Colour G12 Holly Green
> > Green Colour G13 Emerald