what do the colors mean on satellite weather maps?

Question

What do the colors mean on the weather maps?

The site I went on is on yahoo weather

Answer 1

Could you be more specific? There are at least two possible answers.
On radar maps, different colors are used to indicate rain / snow intensity. In this case, light blue is light rain, green is a bit heavier rain, yellow is rather heavy rain, and so on.
The other possibility is to indicate areas of like temperature.
Please include a link to an example weather map so I can see what you mean.

Answer 2

Color Intensity Description
Blue Light light rain or snow
Cyan Moderate
Green Heavy light thunderstorms/moderate rain showers
Yellow Very Heavy moderate thunderstorms
Red Intense potential flooding rains/severe thunderstorms
Magenta Extreme flooding rains

Answer 3

orange means a very strong storm and heavy rain red even means stronger yet green is the lightest white is snow blue is sleet