§ 84.13. Color specification of lights.
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/us/cfr/t33/s§ 84.13·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
(a)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 color by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), in the "Colors of Light Signals", which is incorporated by reference. It is Publication CIE No. 2.2. (TC-1.6), 1975, and is available from the Illumination Engineering Society, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 and is available for inspection at the Coast Guard, Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center, Aids to Navigation and Marine Environmental Response Product Line (CG-SILC-ATON/MER), 2703 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave, Mailstop 7714, Washington, DC 20593-7714. It is also available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal\_register/code\_of\_federal\_regulations/ibr\_locations.html. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register.
(b)The boundaries of the area for each color are given by indicating the corner co-ordinates, which are as follows:
(i)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
(ii)Green: x 0.028 0.009 0.300 0.203 y 0.385 0.723 0.511 0.356
(iii)Red: x 0.680 0.660 0.735 0.721 y 0.320 0.320 0.265 0.259
(iv)Yellow: x 0.612 0.618 0.575 0.575 y 0.382 0.382 0.425 0.406
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§ 84.13
Color specification of lights.
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