{"id":6388,"date":"2021-03-09T21:39:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T05:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchell11.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/shopconnection\/gm-graphic-colors-symbols\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T07:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:58:01","slug":"gm-graphic-colors-symbols","status":"publish","type":"shopconnection","link":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/shopconnection\/gm-graphic-colors-symbols\/","title":{"rendered":"GM Graphic Colors &amp; Symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days many OEMs use colors in their graphics to describe repair procedures. They provide a simple universal description for procedures to follow when making repairs. Arrows and symbols are also used and provide additional repair or procedural instructions. Let\u2019s take a quick look at <strong>TruckSeries<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/truckseries\/\">truck repair information<\/a> to see these General Motors graphics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55853\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bruce-1-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this graphic 6 different colors Orange, Green, Red, Dark Gray, Light Gray and Light Blue are used to illustrate what each color describes. The Light Blue color identifying the Special Tool required is especially useful.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55850\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bruce-2-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we move on to the Arrows and Symbols we have 13 different icons providing important information. These help identify front of vehicle, motion, dimensions, and points for lubrication, etc. Problem is how does one remember these colors and symbols. If you have access to a printer make a copy of this and stick it in your tool box or as usual this information is always readily available in <strong>TruckSeries<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/truckseries\/\">truck repair information.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Want to learn about TruckSeries?<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/support\/trial-request\/\"><strong>Request a FREE DEMO today!<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-55853 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bruce-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"159\" \/>These days many OEMs use colors in their graphics to describe repair procedures. They provide a simple universal description for procedures to follow when making repairs. Arrows and symbols are also used and provide additional repair or procedural instructions. Let\u2019s take a quick look at some of these graphics from General Motors available in TruckSeries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9178,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"shopconnection-category":[1626],"shopconnection-tag":[1290],"class_list":{"0":"post-6388","1":"shopconnection","2":"type-shopconnection","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"shopconnection-category-truck-repair","7":"shopconnection-tag-general-motorsgmgraphicssoftwaretrucktruck-repairtruckseries","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection\/6388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/shopconnection"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"shopconnection-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection-category?post=6388"},{"taxonomy":"shopconnection-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection-tag?post=6388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}