🔍 Key Concepts

• Aids to Navigation (ATON) color meanings in the U.S. Aids to Navigation System • How regulatory / information buoys are marked (white with orange symbols) • Whether the light color usually matches the painted orange markings or the main body color of the buoy

💭 Think About

• Think about what white-and-orange buoys are normally used for (regulatory, information, exclusion, etc.). What color are their lights in diagrams or charts you’ve seen? • If the buoy’s body is mainly white with orange bands and symbols, which standard light color is commonly used so that mariners clearly recognize it at night? • Compare this to lateral buoys (red/green). Do regulatory buoys follow that same color-light pattern, or a different, standardized one?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm how the U.S. Aids to Navigation System describes lights on regulatory/information buoys (white with orange markings). • Check whether orange itself is normally used as a light color on buoys, or whether another standard light color is specified instead. • Verify that the chosen answer is consistent across all white-and-orange regulatory buoys, not just a special case.