GB/T 2893.1-2004 in English

《GB/T 2893.1-2004图形符号 安全色和安全标志 第1部分:工作场所和公共区域中安全标志的设计原则》由TC59（全国图形符号标准化技术委员会）归口，主管部门为国家标准化管理委员会。
GB/T2893的本部分确立了用于工作场所和公共区域中的安全标志的安全识别以和设计原则，以便预防事故、防止火灾、传递危险信息以及紧急疏散等。本部分也确立了在制定含有安全标志的标准时所适用的基本原则。本部分适用于工作场所及可能引起与安全相关问题的所有地点和地段。本部分不适用于铁路、公路、河流、海运以及空中交通的导向信号装置，总之，不适用于那些允许有不同规则的领域。

1 Scope

This part of GB/T 2893 establishes the safety identification colours and design principles for safety signs to be used in workplaces and in public areas for the purpose of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation. It also establishes the basic principles to be applied when developing standards containing safety signs.
This part is applicable to workplaces and all locations and all sectors where safety-related questions may be posed. However, it is not applicable to the signalling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, generally speaking, to those sectors subject to a regulation which may differ.

2 Normative Reference

The following normative documents contain provision which, through reference in this part of GB/T 2893, constitute provisions of this part. For dated reference, subsequent amendments (excluding corrected content) to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, all parties coming to an agreement according to this part are encouraged to study whether the latest editions of these documents are applicable. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies.

Contents
1 Scope
2 Normative Reference
3 Terms and Definitions
4 Purpose of Safety Colours and Safety Signs
5 General Meaning of Geometric Shapes, Safety Colours and Contrast Colours
6 Process for Standardization and Design Principles to be Used for the Development of Safety Signs
7 Layout of Safety Signs
8 Layout of Supplementary, Combination and Multiple Signs
9 Layout of Safety Marking
10 Relationship between Dimensions of Safety Signs and Distance of Observation
11 Colorimetric and Photometric Properties of Safety Colours and Contrast Colours
Appendix A (Informative) References from Colour Order Systems for Safety Colours
Bibliography