[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR84.13]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 84_ANNEX I: POSITIONING AND TECHNICAL DETAILS OF LIGHTS AND SHAPES

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 84.13  Color specification of lights.



    (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, Ocean Engineering Division (G-SEC-2), 2100 Second 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. 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:

    (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



[CGD81-008, 46 FR 62447, Dec. 24, 1981, as amended at 69 FR 18803, Apr. 

9, 2004; USCG-2004-18057, 69 FR 34925, June 23, 2004]