BS ISO 3864-4:2011
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Graphical symbols. Safety colours and safety signs Colorimetric and photometric properties of safety sign materials
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31-08-2011
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
5 Test methods
Annex A (informative) - Object colour of different
types of safety sign and material
Annex B (normative) - Classification of emission
colour of phosphorescent material
Annex C (normative) - Specification of colour and
photometric instrumentation
Annex D (informative) - Guidance on photometric
relationships between and within safety
and contrast colours of graphical symbols
Annex E (informative) - Examples of safety colours
and contrast colours for object colours of
ordinarymaterials
Annex F (informative) - Consideration of defective
colour vision
Bibliography
Specifies the colorimetric and photometric requirements and test methods for the colours of safety signs to be used in workplaces and public areas.
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PH/8/1
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 5378-2(1980) and 09/30197371 DC. (08/2011)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
34
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This part of ISO3864 establishes the colorimetric and photometric requirements and test methods for the colours of safety signs to be used in workplaces and public areas. It provides the colorimetric and photometric specifications for the named safety and contrast colours prescribed in ISO3864-1.
The physical requirements that safety signs have to meet are primarily related to daytime colour and normally lit environments. This part of ISO3864 also includes the colorimetric requirements and test methods for safety signs and phosphorescent material which also operate in unlit environments.
This part of ISO3864 is applicable to all locations where safety issues related to people need to be addressed. However, it is not applicable to signalling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, generally speaking, to those sectors subject to a regulation that may differ.
The colorimetric and photometric properties of retroreflective safety signs, retroreflective materials combined with fluorescent or phosphorescent materials, or luminous safety signs activated by a radioactive source are not specified in this part of ISO3864.
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO 3864-4:2011 | Identical |
| 16/30331553 DC : 0 | BS 5266-1 - EMERGENCY LIGHTING - PART 1: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING OF PREMISES |
| 13/30241837 DC : 0 | BS 8569 - COASTAL SLIPWAY SAFETY SIGNS - GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION AND USE |
| BS 5266-1:2016 | Emergency lighting Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises |
| 14/30260340 DC : 0 | BS 5499-10 - GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION AND USE OF SAFETY SIGNS AND FIRE SAFETY NOTICES |
| BS 5266-1:2011 | Emergency lighting Code of practice for the emergency escape lighting of premises |
| BS ISO 20712-1:2008 | Water safety signs and beach safety flags Specifications for water safety signs used in workplaces and public areas |
| 14/30277805 DC : 0 | BS 6150:2006+A1:2014 - PAINTING OF BUILDINGS - CODE OF PRACTICE |
| 13/30260337 DC : 0 | BS 5499-4 - SAFETY SIGNS - PART 4: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ESCAPE ROUTE SIGNING |
| DEFSTAN 02-343/4(2013) : 2013 | REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY BREATHING SYSTEMS (EBS) IN SUBMARINES |
| BS 8569:2014 | Coastal slipway safety signs. Guidance for the selection and use |
| BS 5499-10:2014 | Guidance for the selection and use of safety signs and fire safety notices |
| ISO 20712-1:2008 | Water safety signs and beach safety flags Part 1: Specifications for water safety signs used in workplaces and public areas |
| BS 6150(2006) : 2006 | PAINTING OF BUILDINGS - CODE OF PRACTICE |
| ISO 17398:2004 | Safety colours and safety signs — Classification, performance and durability of safety signs |
| ISO 17724:2003 | Graphical symbols — Vocabulary |
| IEC 60050-845:1987 | International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 845: Lighting |
| BS 5252:1976 | Framework for colour co-ordination for building purposes |
| ISO 30061:2007 | Emergency lighting |
| ISO 23601:2009 | Safety identification Escape and evacuation plan signs |
| ISO 16069:2017 | Graphical symbols — Safety signs — Safety way guidance systems (SWGS) |
| ISO 3864-1:2011 | Graphical symbols Safety colours and safety signs Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings |
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