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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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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-08-2011

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.

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.

Committee
PH/8/1
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 5378-2(1980) and 09/30197371 DC. (08/2011)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
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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
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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)
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