| Red | Classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries, on older maps. |
| Brown | Identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contours on older edition maps, and cultivated land on red-light readable maps. |
| Green | Identifies vegetation with military significance, such as woods, orchards, and vineyards. |
| Blue | Identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage. |
| Other | Occasionally other colors may be used to show special information. These are indicated in the marginal information as a rule. |
| Red-Brown | Indicates cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels. |
| Black | Indicates cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels. |