• Source: ISO 3864

ISO 3864 specifies international standards for safety signs and markings in workplaces and public facilities. These labels are graphical, to overcome language barriers. The standard is split into four parts.




Parts


ISO 3864 consists of four parts, that provide more specific and situation specific guidance depending on the application.

ISO 3864-1:2011 Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings
ISO 3864-2:2016 Part 2: Design principles for product safety labels
ISO 3864-3:2012 Part 3: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs
ISO 3864-4:2011 Part 4: Colorimetric and photometric properties of safety sign materials
Part 1 explains how to layout the components of safety signage, dictate the color scheme and sizing information. Part 2 covers the same concepts as part one, but specifically for labels applied on machinery, vehicles and consumer goods. Part 3 contains guidance for designing new safety symbols. Part 4 specifies the standards for phosphorescent material and colours of a sign, as well as testing to confirm these signs meets required standards.




Components of ISO 3864






= Colours

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These are the colours specified in ISO Standard 3864-4 in RAL colour standard.

In addition, ISO standard 3864-2:2016 lays out the following colours that correspond to levels of risk. This standard adds "Orange" as an incremental colour to the pallette above.




= Arrows

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ISO 3864-3 defines four types of arrow designs, and specifies what situations each type should be used in.




= Safety markings

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Part 1 also provides design standards for 'safety markings', which are safety colors combined with a contrasting color in an alternating 45° stripe pattern, intended to increase the visibility of an object, location or safety message.




= Signage design

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In addition to prescribing colours for safety signage, ISO 3864 also specifies how to layout the elements of the sign: A symbol and optional 'supplemental sign' which contains the supplementary text message.

Examples of ISO 3864 sign layouts



















Multi-message signs

For situations where more than one message needs to be communicated, ISO 3864 also provides guidance for "multiple signs", which consist of two or more symbol and text messages combined into a single sign. Additionally, fire protection and safe condition signs, which mark the location of equipment or exits can be combined with an arrow to indicate the direction to the item depicted on the sign.

Examples of ISO 3864 'multiple signs' layouts




















Related standards


The corresponding American standard is ANSI Z535. ANSI Z535.1 also explicitly uses multiple levels of hazard, including Yellow (Pantone 109) for 'caution' messages, and Orange (Pantone 151) for stronger 'warning' messages. Like ISO 3864, ANSI Z535 includes multiple sections: ANSI Z535.6-2006 defines an optional accompanying text in one or more languages.
ISO 3864 is extended by ISO 7010, which provides a set of symbols based on the principles and properties specified in ISO 3864.




See also


ANSI Z535 – American technical standard for presenting safety and accident prevention information
Directive 92/58/EEC – European Directive harmonizing safety signs
Hazard symbol – Warning symbol on locations or products
ISO 7010 – Technical standard for safety symbols
Safety sign – Type of sign




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References

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• ISO 3166-1
• ISO 3166
• ISO 8601
• ISO 3166-2:ID
• Hanyu Pinyin
• ISO 639-5
• ISO 3166-2:CV
• International Standard Name Identifier
• ISO 3166-2:US
• ISO 690
• ISO 3864
• ISO 7010
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• Safety sign
• ANSI Z535
• ISO 7001
• ISO 21482
• ISO 4217
• ISO 8583
• List of ISO standards 1–1999