Shadow & clipping warning icon symbol colors

Hi: Using Photoshop cs3 and camera raw 4.3 with win Xp. When I go to the curves icon and start adjusting the shadows, highlights, darks, and lights sliders I noticed that the shadow and highlight warning icons displayed in the upper left and right corners of the histogram box change various colors as you move the various sliders. It changes from white to green to blue then yellow then black. Do these colors of the icons mean anything? If so what do they mean and what are their purpose? It seems that I get the best results when the icon colors are black. Thanks in advance... Alan

Do you mean the triangles at either end of the histogram in the ACR dialog box?
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