What color identifies guide and information signs that show direction to cities and exit information?
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A.
Brown
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B.
Blue
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C.
Green Correct
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D.
Yellow
The answer is "Green"
Green marks guide and information signs. They show exit information and point to roads and cities. Yellow, chosen in D, is what many drivers reach for because it is the sign color they see most often, but yellow's job is hazard warnings while green owns the guidance category.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Brown
Brown is reserved for historic, cultural, and recreational sites, not general direction guidance. This answer reaches for brown because those signs also point drivers to parks, scenic areas, and historic sites, so any 'pointing' sign can feel like a guide sign.
B. Blue
Blue is for motorist services like gas, food, and lodging, not directional guidance. This answer reads the 'gas, food, and lodging at the next exit' language on service signs as exit guidance, since the sign helps drivers pick which exit to take.
D. Yellow
Yellow is a warning color used to alert drivers to hazards or changes in the road. This answer defaults to yellow as the most familiar sign color, forgetting that yellow's job is hazard warnings and green owns the guidance category.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Route, Guide, and Information Signs," p.13..
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