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MOT Background
Posted by Tim Hobbs on April 20, 2007 at 8:00 amHi Guys
Does anyone know if there is a specific blue that should be used for the background on an MOT logo?
Tim :lol
Tim Hobbs replied 17 years ago 7 Members · 9 Replies -
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Tim It may be on here somewhere,
but if not its a very usfull linkhttp://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/workingdrawings/
found it
it just says bluehttp://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/wor … ingstation
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Thanks Peter
As you say, a very useful link, I’ll have a good look at it when I have a mo.
Gonna go with a nice blue vinyl, customer should be happy enough.Tim
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We screenprinted some MOT signs, and the customer specified P. 287C,
although this was a while ago, so not sure if this is still current.Cheers,
Jamie. -
we usally use a mid blue spandex cosmos, oracle traffic
Lynn
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I’m pretty certain that the colours a covered by a British Standard, which I can check on Monday.
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Try asking your vinyl supplier, quite often they know what colours are used for things like MOT stations, Health & Safety etc…..
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BS 873: Part 6 1983 (Superseded by BS EN 12899-1:2001)* lists colours from BS 381C: 1980 as follows
Red No. 537 Signal Red
Orange No. 557 Light Orange
Yellow No. 355 Lemon Yellow
Green(1) No. 226 Middle Brunswick Green
Green(2) No. 225 Light Brunswick Green
Blue No. 109 Middle Blue
Gey No. 693 Aircraft GreyGreen(1) is the background colour used for primary route signs in the UK. Green(2) is used for the green parts of other signs.
*which we haven’t got yet, it’s only £120 😮 for 48 pages
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Thanks Everyone for the info.
Went with a nice mid blue from oracal in the end.
Customer was more than happy so that’s the main thing.All very useful for future reference though.
Tim
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