Aside from the STOP and YIELD signs, regulation signs in New York use one standard color scheme. Which one does the manual list?
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A.
Yellow with black letters and symbols
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B.
Blue with white letters or symbols
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C.
Green with white letters and symbols
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D.
White with black or red letters and symbols Correct
The answer is "White with black or red letters and symbols"
Regulation signs other than STOP and YIELD carry a white face with black or red letters and symbols: the palette used on speed-limit, one-way, no-turn, and lane-use signs. Choice A is the trap; yellow with black is the manual's warning-sign palette, and drivers who first learned 'yellow means caution' tend to fold every roadside sign into that first color rule.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Yellow with black letters and symbols
Yellow with black is the manual's warning-sign color, not the regulation-sign color. This answer reaches for the first sign color most drivers learn ('yellow means caution') and applies it to every roadside sign that isn't red.
B. Blue with white letters or symbols
Blue with white is the manual's palette for service signs (rest areas, gas stations, medical facilities) not for permanent regulation signs. This answer grabs the service-sign color because both service and regulation plates sit as informational rectangles along the road and blur together in memory.
C. Green with white letters and symbols
Green with white is the color scheme for destination signs, listed elsewhere in the signs chapter. This answer pulls the destination-sign color out of the guide-sign entry and applies it to the regulation-sign family that sits above it.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Regulation Signs: Other Regulation Signs," p.29..
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