Proposal:Road schema/Changelog

Note: Unfinished for now.

Pre-2015 (old version)

highway=motorway: blue
highway=trunk: green
highway=primary: red
highway=secondary: fawn
highway=tertiary: yellow
highway=unclassified: white
highway=residential: white
highway=living_street: silver
highway=service: white
highway=raceway: pink
highway=track: brown
highway=cycleway: blue
highway=bridleway: green
highway=pedestrian: grey
highway=footway: red
highway=corridor: not rendered
highway=path: livid
highway=via_ferrata: not rendered
highway=escape: not rendered

highway=road: ?

3 road types with shared colours

Current

highway=motorway: red
highway=trunk: orange
highway=primary: fawn
highway=secondary: yellow
highway=tertiary: white
highway=unclassified: white
highway=residential: white
highway=living_street: silver
highway=service: white
highway=raceway: pink
highway=track: brown
highway=cycleway: blue
highway=bridleway: green
highway=pedestrian: grey
highway=footway: red
highway=corridor: not rendered
highway=path: red
highway=via_ferrata: not rendered
highway=escape: not rendered

highway=road: grey

7 road types with shared colours*

Near future (by Imagico)

highway=motorway: purple
highway=trunk: red
highway=primary: orange
highway=secondary: fawn
highway=tertiary: yellow
highway=unclassified: white
highway=residential: white
highway=living_street: silver
highway=service: white
highway=raceway: pink
highway=track: brown
highway=cycleway: purple
highway=bridleway: green
highway=pedestrian: silver
highway=footway: red
highway=corridor: not rendered
highway=path: red
highway=via_ferrata: not rendered
highway=escape: not rendered

highway=road: grey

8 different road types with shared colours

Proposed*

highway=motorway: magenta
highway=trunk: red
highway=primary: orange
highway=secondary: yellow
highway=tertiary: green
highway=unclassified: cyan
highway=residential: white
highway=living_street: blue
highway=service: purple
highway=green_lane: violet
highway=raceway: pink 
highway=track: brown
highway=cycleway: rose
highway=bridleway: azure
highway=pedestrian: ?
highway=skyway: ?
highway=footway: spring green
highway=corridor: amber
highway=path: black
highway=via_ferrata: peach
highway=escape: Cambridge blue

highway=road: grey

0 different road types with shared colours

* To be fair, they're different types of red (motorways being more rose-ish), but still...