ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 3864-3 Second edition 2012-02-01 Graphical symbols Safety colours and safety signs Part 3: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs Symboles graphiques - Couleurs de sécurite et signaux de sécurite Partie 3: Principes de conception pour les symboles graphiques utilisés dans les signaux de sécurite Reference number ISO 3864-3:2012(E) ISO @ISO2012 mitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO3864-3:2012(E) COPYRiGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 - All rights reserved or networking permited withoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO3864-3:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Termsanddefinitions. 4 Designing graphical symbols for use in safety signs. 5 Review of existing standards. .2 6 Assignment of Meaning, Function, Image content and Hazard to the safety sign. .2 7 Design criteria... 3 7.1 Geometric shapes and colours of safety signs 3 7.2 Size and position of the graphical symbol.. 7.3 Layoutoftemplates. 6 7.4 Exclusion zone... 7.5 Line width.. 10 7.6 Consistency within a family of graphical symbols 12 7.7 Determinants . 13 7.8 Combination of graphical symbols or graphical symbol elements. 14 7.9 Use of arrows in graphical symbols... 15 7.10 Characters. 15 Annex A (informative) Additional design guidelines. 16 Bibliography 29 ili lout license from IHS Not for Resale