ANSI Z535.1 Safety Colors • New Directions 2012
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Title 49 CFR Part 172.407 The Code of Federal Regulations includes PMS numbers for safety colors for hazard warning labels. These formulas were placed into the CFR in 2003. Label specifications - colors
ANSI CFR PMS 186 PMS 485 PMS 151 PMS 152 PMS 109 PMS 109
Why Change PMS formulas Why Change PMS formulas? Credible Harmonize with Federal Regulations Conforms to Canadian TDG Regulations 49 CFR Part 172.407 specifies Munsell notations for safety colors that are identical to ANSI Z535.1
Appendix A to 49 CFR Part 172.407
ANSI Safety Color Chart
Safety Colors? These colors do not indicate a hazard level and should be removed from the Safety Color Chart and Table 1.
Safety color chart with PMS formulas from Title 49 CFR Part 172.407 and equivalent grayscale value for each safety color
Safety color formulas in proposed Annex C this image uses current PMS formulas from color chart
-Heightened awareness- New Safety Color? -Heightened awareness- PMS 382
Change proposal - ANSI Z535.1 Safety Colors Basic and brief colorimetry descriptions that are relative to explaining Tables and Figures. It is beyond the scope of this standard to teach colorimetry. Illustrate color boundaries on the Chromaticity Diagram • Standard safety colors • Fluorescent safety colors • ANSI/ISO boundaries Provide color formulas for a variety of media including ISO safety colors. Illustrated Munsell, the historical basis for safety colors