What sign colors mean — Florida Permit Test

Red on a traffic sign means stop, do not enter, wrong way or yield.

Red is saved for the four instructions that stop you, so it always means letting something else go first.

Red: Stop. Do not enter. Wrong way. Yield.

Orange on a traffic sign means a construction and maintenance warning.

Orange marks the places where people are working in the road you are driving through.

Orange: Construction and maintenance warning.

Yellow on a traffic sign is a general warning, advising of unexpected roadway conditions.

Yellow is not an order. It is the road telling you what it is about to do.

Yellow: General warning. Advisory of unexpected roadway conditions.

Fluorescent yellow green on a traffic sign is a high emphasis warning of school, pedestrian and bicycling activity.

It is the brightest color on the road, and it is saved for the places children cross.

Flourescent Yellow Green: High emphasis warning of school, pedestrian and bicycling activity.

White with black on a traffic sign is regulatory: it controls traffic, sets limits or gives commands.

These are the signs with the law behind them, which is why they are plain rather than bright.

White/Black: Regulatory. Control traffic, set limits or give commands.

Green means guide or directional information, blue means driver guidance and disabled parking, and brown means public recreation and places of cultural or historical significance.

Three colors that never tell you what to do, only where things are.

Brown: Areas of public recreation, cultural and historical significance.

What does red mean on a traffic sign?

Stop, do not enter, wrong way or yield. Red is saved for the four instructions that stop you, so it always means letting something else go first. Official Florida Driver License Handbook, p.46: “Red: Stop. Do not enter. Wrong way. Yield.”