MTA Colors provides the official RGB Hex and CMYK color values used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for its services and logo. The dataset lists colors for the New York City Subway, Staten Island Railway, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, and Bridges & Tunnels. It was published by data.ny.gov and last updated on March 20, 2026.
Use Cases
- Generate consistent brand materials for transit services using the Service and Hex color columns.
- Create color-coded system maps or diagrams by joining service data with its corresponding CMYK values.
- Validate or standardize digital and print design assets by referencing the authoritative Operator and Hex color fields.
Strengths
- Explicitly lists official color codes (Hex and CMYK) for multiple transit operators.
- Covers a defined set of services including subway, commuter rail, and bridges & tunnels.
- Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-20 15:22:25; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New York City metropolitan area, based on the services described.