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78 clues · 60 countries.
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78 clues · 60 countries.
Showing 78 clues across 60 countries.
Albanian chevrons are white on black.
NOTE: Within southern Europe this chevron is also used by Italy, Greece, and Spain.
Montenegro uses two chevrons, both of which are different from the Albanian chevron: black on white and red on yellow.
Argentina typically uses white-and-red chevrons.
NOTE: Argentina is the only American country with these chevrons.
T-Junctions in La Pampa sometimes have these yellow rectangular signs, with a chevron pattern on the bottom, and the Road Number(s) above, with an arrow on both sides.
Australia uses white on black and black on yellow chevrons.
Austria uses two colour schemes for chevrons:
white on red
red on yellow
NOTE: Germany mostly uses red on white chevrons, and rarely red on yellow.
Since the Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal, you will often come across various types of Portuguese infrastructure, such as poles, chevrons and bollards.
Belgium uses white chevrons, with a red arrow.
NOTE: The Netherlands also uses this chevron. You will not see these in France.
These small red-and-white chevrons can sometimes be found next to the road.
NOTE: They are also very common in South Africa.
Brazil uses yellow on black chevrons, as opposed to most of South America, which use black on yellow chevrons.
Bulgarian chevrons are typically red on white.
NOTE: Many other European countries have similar chevrons. Crucially, among neighbouring countries, Romania, Turkey, and North Macedonia use the same chevrons. Greece and Serbia use black and white chevrons however. See this infographic for an overview.
Chevrons in Cambodia are black with yellow arrows.
Chevrons are somewhat rare. On many occasions, Cambodia prefers to use bollards instead of chevrons to mark curves in the road.
NOTE: Chevrons in all other Southeast Asian countries have the reverse colour scheme: yellow with black arrows.
Signposts in Saskatchewan can feature these white triangles. The number can vary.
Québec is the only Canadian province that uses red and white chevrons.
NOTE: The rest of Canada uses the classic yellow and black chevrons.
Croatia features chevrons with a red arrow on a yellow or white background.
Czech and Slovak chevrons are white with red arrows. Less commonly, you may find red on yellow chevrons.
This red-and-white chevron is found in Denmark. They are often low to the ground.
Ecuador often uses a lot of chevrons in road curves (“chevron spam”), usually considerably more than most other Latin American countries.
NOTE: Colombia also occasionally uses a lot of chevrons in curves.
Estonia uses red chevrons with white arrows.
NOTE: Russia and Ukraine use the same chevrons.
!!However, Latvian and Lithuanian chevrons have the opposite colour scheme: they are white with red arrows.
Finnish chevrons are black with yellow arrows.
NOTE: Norway and Iceland have similarly coloured chevrons. Sweden, on the other hand, has unique blue and yellow chevrons.
France uses chevrons with white arrows on a blue background. They can have a wide amount of arrows, ranging from one to five.
NOTE: The only other European country with this colour scheme is Spain, where you will only find chevrons with two or four arrows.
Greek chevrons have white arrows on a black background.
NOTE: Similar chevrons are found in Albania, Italy and the UK. Spain has the same colours, but will almost always have either two or four arrows.
Hungarian chevrons are white on red.
Black-and-white chevrons may also be seen, but are considerably less common.
Icelandic chevrons are black with yellow arrows.
NOTE: Norway and Finland have similarly coloured chevrons. Sweden, on the other hand, has unique blue and yellow chevrons.
On the Andaman and Nicobar Islands you can find these black pole stickers, containing several digits as well as an arrow in the middle.
Irish chevrons are yellow on black. Both single and multiple arrows are common.
NOTE: UK chevrons are white on black.
Chevrons are white on black.
Italian chevrons are white arrows on a black background.
NOTE: In Southern Europe, white on black chevrons can also be found in Spain, Greece and Albania.
You may sometimes find an orange arrow located above the top most pole plate in Chugoku.
This infrastructural arrow informs drivers of where the shoulder line is when under snow, and is located almost exclusively in Hokkaido.
NOTE: While much more rare, other variations can be found here:
This arrow, found in the Aomori prefecture (or more rarely Hokkaido), has distinct silver bolts around the border.
This variation, found in the Gifu prefecture, is long and thin.
This alternate yellow and black design can often be found on the northern part of National Highway 275 in Hokkaido.
This yellow and green arrow is found southwest of Sapporo.
This yellow and black arrow can be found on Hokkaido.
You can find these chevron-like stickers, or more rarely orange ones, on guardrails in Hokkaido.
On the end or side of a guardrail.
Stuck to metal posts between wire fences, which are often found in Hokkaido.
On railings, which are often found on bridges, underneath the inside of the railing.
In general, road infrastructure is similar to that found in the United Kingdom. This includes driving on the left, as well as directional signs, chevrons and warning signs. Some of the subtle differences are discussed below.
Jordanian chevrons are white with red arrows.
NOTE: You can use chevrons to distinguish between Jordan and Israel: the Israeli chevrons are black with white arrows.
Unlike neighbouring countries, Kazakhstan primarily uses yellow and black chevrons, except on T Intersections, where you will find the more generic red and white chevrons.
Latvia uses white chevrons with red arrows.
NOTE: Many other European countries, including Lithuania and Poland, use the same chevrons.
!!However, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine use chevrons with the opposite colour scheme: red with white arrows.
Lithuania uses white chevrons with red arrows. The small single chevrons (pictured here) usually have a red outline on the edge of the sign.
NOTE: Many other European countries, including Latvia and Poland, use the same chevrons (though without the red outline).
!!However, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine use chevrons with the opposite colour scheme: red with white arrows.
Chevrons are black with yellow arrows. You may also rarely come across blue and yellow chevrons.
NOTE: None of Luxembourg’s neighbours use these chevrons.
The only other European countries with this colour scheme tend to have wildly different landscapes: Iceland, Norway, Finland, Ireland, and Portugal.
Since Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal, you will often come across various types of Portuguese infrastructure, such as poles and chevrons.
Arrows on signs are noticeably very thick.
Montenegro uses black on white or red on yellow chevrons.
NOTE: Albania uses white on black chevrons.
New Zealand uses black-on-yellow chevrons with a thin black border. White on black chevrons are very rarely used.
NOTE: Australia’s chevrons have the same colours, but do not have the border.
Norway uses yellow on black chevrons.
Oman uses black-and-yellow chevrons that have an unusually large number of arrows.
Bins in Muscat governorate often have white-and-red chevron-like stickers on the sides.
Black-and-yellow stripes on guardrails are seen throughout the country. You might sometimes find different designs, such as this sharp arrow design.
NOTE: Similar striped guardrails are also found in Bolivia. To differentiate them, just have a look at the outer stripe. Peru uses a black one, while Bolivia features a yellow one.
Chevrons are typically red on white.
Polish chevrons are white with red arrows.
Portuguese chevrons are black with yellow arrows.
NOTE: Portugal is the only Mediterranean country with this chevron colour scheme.
Qatar uses white on red and white on blue chevrons.
Romanian chevrons are red on white, often with a yellow frame.
NOTE: Several eastern and central European countries have the red on white chevrons, however yellow frames are by far the most common in Romania.
San Marino is the only country in the world to use yellow chevrons with burgundy red arrows.
Serbia uses chevrons with a black arrow on a white background.
NOTE: Within Europe, these chevrons can also be found in Slovenia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
In addition to the concrete bollards on bus stops, Singapore sometimes has a unique and yellow bus-leaving box with an arrow on the street.
Slovak and Czech chevrons are white with red arrows. Less commonly, you may find red on yellow chevrons.
South Africa utilizes triangular warning signs with a red border and a white background.
NOTE: The four other southern African countries use similar warning signs.
!!Australia and New Zealand use yellow diamond-shaped warning signs.
South Africa uses white-and-red chevrons. You can find a similar chevron pattern below directional signs.
In addition, unique-looking small, thin chevrons with one arrow are common next to roads.
NOTE: The thin chevrons can also be found in the other southern African countries of Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia.
Square, red stickers on the back of regular signs are often found in Eastern cape and close to Eastern cape in Northern Cape and Free State. You may see them in the North West province as well, but to a lesser extent.
NOTE: Red stickers on the back of chevrons can be seen in almost every province.
White stickers on the back of chevrons are often seen in the Cape provinces.
Almost all traffic signs, kilometre markers, chevrons and some direction signs in Spain have a flat signpost.
NOTE: Flat signposts in Europe are also present in Portugal, France and Andorra.
Spain has two chevrons: black with white arrows, and blue with white arrows. Chevrons with a single arrow are rare.
NOTE:
In Southern Europe, black with white chevrons can be found in Italy, Greece and Albania.
France is the only other European country that has blue with white chevrons.
Portugal has black with yellow chevrons.
Big square chevrons with a single arrow are commonly found in Catalonia.
Small square chevrons with a red arrow on a white background are exclusive to Murcia.
Sweden is the only country in Europe whose chevrons have yellow arrows on a blue background.
NOTE: While very rare, yellow on blue chevrons also exist in Luxembourg.
On top of having red and yellow road signs and signpost markings, Sweden often has a lot of road infrastructure, such as road work signs and road blocks, painted red and yellow. You can even come across red and yellow chevrons.
Chevrons are black with a white arrow. You may also rarely find chevrons that are white with a black arrow.
NOTE: Austrian chevrons are red and white, or red and yellow.
Taiwan uses black on yellow chevrons.
These bent sign and chevron holders with two black and yellow-striped stickers are only found in Pingtung, Kaohsiung, and Taitung.
Turkish chevrons are typically red on white. Beware that there are some other regional variants.
Usually, the tip of the arrow does not touch the edge of the chevron. Some chevrons have a neon yellow border.
On intersections, you can often find this distinctive black and yellow chevron, with multiple arrows that point upward.
Sometimes, you can see these narrow chevrons that have a red and white colour scheme.
NOTE: Almost identical chevrons can be found in South Africa.
Yellow on black chevrons are mainly found in and around the Balıkesir Province in the west and in the Kars Province in the far east. Beware that you may very rarely find them elsewhere.
Black on yellow chevrons are mainly found north of Izmir.
Ukraine uses a red chevron with white arrows.
Russia and Estonia use the same chevrons.
Chevrons are black with white arrows.
NOTE: Irish chevrons are black with yellow arrows. French chevrons are blue with white arrows.
In Minnesota, these yellow signs with vertical, black triangles are placed before bridges at most major river crossings and at the beginnings and ends of guardrail sections on large highways.
North Carolina commonly uses a style of street signs showing street numbers and arrows in addition to the street name.
NOTE: Other states occasionally feature street signs with similar designs, so use other clues before guessing.
Like most of Latin America, chevrons are yellow with black arrows.
NOTE: This is mostly useful to distinguish between Argentina, which uniquely uses chevrons that are white with red arrows.
Chevrons are either black on yellow or white on red and typically only have one arrow.