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Annex I (7) - Colour Specification of Lights

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Annex I (7) details the colour specifications for the lights required by the COLREGs.

Annex I (7) - Colour Specification of Lights

The chromaticity of all navigation lights shall conform to the following standards, which lie within the boundaries of the area of the diagram specified for each colour by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE).

The boundaries of the area for each colour are given by indicating the corner co-ordinates, which are as follows:

  1. White

    x 0.525 0.525 0.452 0.310 0.310 0.443
    y 0.382 0.440 0.440 0.348 0.283 0.382
  2. Green

    x 0.028 0.009 0.300 0.203
    y 0.385 0.723 0.511 0.356
  3. Red

    x 0.680 0.660 0.735 0.721
    y 0.320 0.320 0.265 0.259
  4. Yellow

    x 0.612 0.618 0.575 0.575
    y 0.382 0.382 0.425 0.406
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs)

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