Bodging my way through life

Government studies have revealed that the existing terror alert level doesn't communicate sufficient information for people to actively avoid particular dangers, and the code words are not particularly intuitive. Given that the level doesn't change much either, people tend to ignore it.

Therefore a new system has been designed to be simple, easy to remember, and intuitive.  Green for travel, red for public places, etc.  Mapping by saturation, pink will indicate a low level of threat, red higher.

( [Chart showing danger versus type] )