Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2400 - Division of Transportation Solutions
2402 - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Part 1 - General
Chapter 1A - GENERAL
Section 1A.12 - Color Code

Universal Citation: 2 DE Admin Code 1A.12

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

Support:

01 The following color code establishes general meanings for 11 colors of a total of 13 colors that have been identified as being appropriate for use in conveying traffic control information. Tolerance limits for each color are contained in 23 CFR Part 655, Appendix to Subpart F and are available at the Federal Highway Administration's MUTCD website at http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov or by writing to the FHWA, Office of Safety Research and Development (HRD-T-301), 6300 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101.

02 The two colors for which general meanings have not yet been assigned are being reserved for future applications that will be determined only by FHWA after consultation with the States, the engineering community, and the general public. The meanings described in this Section are of a general nature. More specific assignments of colors are given in the individual Parts of this Manual relating to each class of devices.

Standard:

03 The general meaning of the 13 colors shall be as follows:

A. Black-regulation

B. Blue-road user services guidance, tourist information, and evacuation route

C. Brown-recreational and cultural interest area guidance

D. Coral-unassigned

E. Fluorescent Pink-incident management

F. Fluorescent Yellow-Green-pedestrian warning, bicycle warning, playground warning, school bus and school warning

G. Green-indicated movements permitted, direction guidance

H. Light Blue-unassigned

I. Orange-temporary traffic control

J. Purple-lanes restricted to use only by vehicles with registered electronic toll collection (ETC) accounts

K. Red-stop or prohibition

L. White-regulation

M. Yellow-warning

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