On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> For trees my favourite color is green, while for fire engines it is red.
>
> This is something you don't have to back up with some arguments, as a
> non-green tree (at least from spring to fall) doesn't look that healthy
> and who has ever heard of a yellow fire engine?
>
Well, actually, there was an experiment out here in the wild woolly
west of California where, for a year or so, new (?) fire engines were,
in fact, painted yellow. It was a kind of dull yellow, not as bright
as a school bus, but my family always used to joke about the school
buses with sirens. I haven't seen any in a while, although there are
some white ones, too.
Aside from the obvious deficiency, yellow has this unusual quality of
being invisible under certain types of low power street lamps....
I guess some people just don't see red that well?
mhr
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