What do the colors mean on Google Maps?

Answer 1

White roads = local and private streets

Yellow roads = main streets/roads , state highways and county parkways

Orange roads = interstate highways

Very light gray = Normal areas (houses, buildings, etc)

Green = Parks, Woods, etc.

Light green = Forest, Wildlife Refuge, etc.

Light brown = Colleges, Universities

Grey = Factories, harbors and other heavy duty areas

There is also a color scheme for the traffic layer in Google Maps:

• Green: more than 50 miles per hour or 80 kilometers per hour
• Yellow: 25 - 50 miles per hour or 40 - 80 kilometers per hour
• Red: less than 25 miles per hour or 40 kilometers per hour
• Red/Black: very slow, stop-and-go traffic
• Gray: no data currently available