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The background colour of the sign must be appropriate to the status of the route indicated. Tourist panels and route number patches, but not blue, green or white destination panels, may be added to flag type signs. The design of blue background signs indicating the start of a motorway or motorway slip road is covered in paras 10.5 to 10.9. Signs indicating tourist attractions only should have a brown background. Signs indicating lorry routes should have a black background, signs indicating cycle routes should have a blue background and signs which indicate MoD establishments should have a white background with a red border and chevron.

Figure 7-1 shows the basic design of flag type signs. The width of the chevron is determined from the overall height of the sign and should be in accordance with the table. Vertical positioning and layout of the legend is the same as for stack type signs (see section 4 for stack type signs and section ..3/3 for general rules).

No part of any legend should cross a line offset from the chevron by 2sw. With some designs it may be possible to tuck the legend into the chevron, as shown in figure 7-1. However, where two signs are mounted back to back they need to be the same length. This can be achieved by not tucking the legend into the chevron.

The rules relating to distances are described in paras 3.32 to 3.35.

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