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Yellow represents built-up or urban areas on maps.

Road maps and other general use maps are use many colors that are designated in specific ways as universal coloring, including:

  • Blue - lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, reservoirs, highways, local borders
  • Red - major highways, roads, urban areas, airports, special interest sites, military sites, place names, buildings, borders
  • Yellow - built-up or urban areas
  • Green - parks, Golf courses, reservations, forest, orchards, highways
  • Brown - deserts, historical sites, national parks, military reservations or bases, contour (elevation) lines
  • Black - roads, railroads, highways, bridges, place names, buildings, borders
  • Purple - highways, (also used on U.S.G.S. topographic maps for features added to the map since the original survey)
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