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Shields
A department of the U.S. Roads WikiProject

The Shields Department for the U.S. Roads WikiProject creates and maintains graphics, called shields or route markers, for use on road-transportation-related articles. The department is responsible for ensuring that shields are created as prototypical as possible.

Resources

• Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Standard Highway Signs (CustomaryMetric)
• State MUTCDs and supplements

MUTCD colors

	color	Pantone	RGB			Hex triplet	CMYK*
	Blue	294	0	63	135	#003f87	100	53	0	4
	Brown	469	105	63	35	#693f23	24	79	100	73
	Green	342	0	103	71	#006747	93	10	75	43
	Orange	152	243	143	0	#f38f00	0	41	100	5
	Pink	198	223	70	97	#df4661	0	82	37	0
	Purple	259	109	32	119	#6d2077	67	100	4	5
	Red	187	191	32	51	#bf2033	0	83	73	25
	Yellow	116	255	205	0	#ffcd00	0	14	100	0
	Yellow‑green	382	196	214	0	#c4d600	28	0	100	0
	White	N/A	255	255	255	#fff	0	0	0	0
	Black	N/A	0	0	0	#000	0	0	0	100
* Pantone to CMYK translations are approximate and may cause color shift. Use RGB when possible.
Base data from MUTCD Color Specifications, Federal Highway Administration

California

The California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices refers to some colors that are not found in the national MUTCD. The following table lists colors that are sometimes referred to only by name, without a corresponding Pantone number:

	color	Pantone	RGB			Hex triplet	CMYK*
	Cream	468	221	203	164	#ddcba4	8	14	33	0

Installing the MUTCD color palette

If you frequently create or edit shields and other MUTCD signage, you can install the MUTCD colors as a color palette in your preferred vector graphics editor.

Inkscape

1. Open the Preferences dialog and go to the System section.
2. Click the Open button next to the User Palettes field to open the Palettes folder.
3. Save the following text as MUTCD.gpl in the Palettes folder:

   GIMP Palette
   Name: MUTCD.gpl
   #
     0   0   0 Black
     0  63 135 Blue
     0 103  71 Green
   105  63  35 Brown
   109  32 119 Purple
   191  32  51 Red
   196 214   0 Yellow-Green
   223  70  97 Pink
   243 143   0 Orange
   255 205   0 Yellow
   221 203 164 Cream
   246 246 246 Reflective White
   255 255 255 White
   

4. Restart Inkscape.
5. Click the ◀ button to the right of the color palette strip at the bottom of the window (or in the top-right corner of the Color Palette panel), then choose MUTCD.gpl from the menu.

Color palette documentation

See also

• {{FHWA sign colors}}