What are the colors of signs that tell you the distance to the next exit on a highway?
- Yellow with black letters
- Black with white letters
- Red with white letters
- Green with white letters ✓
Answer: D. Green with white letters
The signs that give the distance to the next exit are green with white letters.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists sign colors by what they do, and green means guide or directional information. It then describes green guide signs as giving information about directions and distances. Distance-to-exit information is exactly that kind of guidance, which is why these signs are green with white letters rather than a warning or regulatory color.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Yellow with black letters — Yellow is the general warning color for unexpected roadway conditions, not for guiding you to services or giving distances.
- B. Black with white letters — White and black is used for regulatory signs that control traffic and set limits or give commands, not for distance information.
- C. Red with white letters — Red is used for stop, do not enter, wrong way, and yield, so it does not mark exit distance signs.
Remember it
Think green means go somewhere: green signs point the way and tell you how far it is.