ANSI Standards
ANSI Safety Color Coding
- Red
Identifies danger and stop - Orange
Identifies dangerous parts of machines - Yellow
Designates caution/beware - Green
Designates safety, emergency egress
Suggested Color Coding
- White
- Used for traffic flow (solid line do not cross, dotted you can cross over)
- Blue
- Recycling or mandatory
- Green
- Recycling and/or garbage pails
- Black
- Caution or mandatory
- Grey
- Tool/equipment or department identification
- Light Yellow
- Tool/equipment or department identification
- Brown
- Tool/equipment or department identification
- Purple
- Tool/equipment or department identification
Matching corporate or brand colors may be helpful.