Colorado: Sign shapes and colors Practice Test
What the shape and color of a traffic sign tell you before you can read it.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Colorado Driver Handbook" (DR 2337, January 2025), Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
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What do the shapes and colors of traffic signs indicate?
- The type of information they provide
- How fast traffic on that road usually moves
- Whether the sign belongs to the state or a county
- How old the sign is and when it must be replaced
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Correct answer: The type of information they provide
The shapes and colors of signs indicate the type of information they provide.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025), page 7 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 7)
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What colors do regulatory signs use?
- White on a green background
- Black on a yellow background
- Black or red on a white background
- Black on an orange background
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Correct answer: Black or red on a white background
Regulatory signs are black or red on a white background.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025), page 7 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 7)
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What colors do work zone signs have?
- A yellow background with black letters or symbols
- A white background with red letters or symbols
- An orange background with black letters or symbols
- A fluorescent green background with white letters
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Correct answer: An orange background with black letters or symbols
Work zone signs have an orange background with black letters or symbols.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025), page 8 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 8)
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What colors do warning signs use?
- Yellow or fluorescent green with black symbols
- White or fluorescent orange with red symbols
- Orange with black symbols
- Green or blue with white symbols
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Correct answer: Yellow or fluorescent green with black symbols
Warning signs are yellow or fluorescent green with black symbols.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025), page 8 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 8)
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What background color do guide signs have?
- Blue
- Orange
- White
- Green
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Correct answer: Green
Guide signs have a green background.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025), page 8 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 8)
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What do service/recreation signs with blue backgrounds provide?
- Directions to recreational, historic or cultural areas
- Directions to service facilities
- Directional and mileage information to destinations
- Warnings of hazards ahead on the road
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Correct answer: Directions to service facilities
Signs with blue backgrounds provide directions to service facilities.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025), page 8 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 8)
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What do service/recreation signs with brown backgrounds indicate?
- Service facilities such as gas, food and lodging
- Laws and regulations at a location
- Work areas and roadway workers
- Recreational, historic or cultural areas
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Correct answer: Recreational, historic or cultural areas
Signs with brown backgrounds indicate recreational, historic or cultural areas.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, January 2025), page 8 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 8)