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Understanding guide sign colour coding

The background colour of guide signs is coded to help drivers recognise the messaging easily, even in low-light conditions. For example, white messaging and symbols on a brown background are used for tourist signs and related route markers.

Other categories include:

• Black messaging and symbols on a white background are used for general information signs (e.g. “no through road” or flood depth indicators), street signs, and route markers.
  
  
• White messaging and symbols on a green background are used for intersection and special direction signs, advance exit and directions signs on freeways (e.g. “take left exit to M1 Motorway”) and fingerboards.
  
  
• White messaging and symbols on a blue background are used for roadside facilities (like rest and camping areas), bicycle and pedestrian route information, and directional signs (e.g. “car park on left”).
  
  
• Black messaging and symbols on a yellow background are used for exit speed signs and special instructions within certain direction signs (e.g. chevron alignment markers).
  
  
• White messaging and symbols on a red background are used to tell drivers they need to stop, reduce their speed significantly, or go back the way they came (e.g. “wrong way” signs).

It’s important to note that each state and territory has their own categorisation system that works within the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management and the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD, i.e. the Australian Standard). We recommend referring to your state’s road safety standards and requirements before making a purchase.

Alternatively, contact the team at HIVIS for professional recommendations and advice.

Guideposts & directional signs

Aside from full-colour, high-visibility signage, we also offer guideposts and directional signs to ensure drivers are aware of sharp turns and boundaries on the road, even in low-light conditions. Our 1350mm Guideposts, for example, are available in flexible steel, steel and plastic materials, all with delineators (or a powder-coated steel option with no delineators).

The NSW Government and Transport for NSW have approved our guideposts and chevron directional signs and use them on NSW roads. Order yours online for nationwide shipping and exceptional service.

Order custom guide signs, traffic signs and street signs online at HIVIS

Improve road safety in your local area with HIVIS. We offer custom guide signs, traffic signs and street signs, offering road users, cyclists and pedestrians all the information they need to stay safe on the road and on-track to their destination.

Contact us for more information about our collection of street and guide signs today.