Jeff Bingham wrote: > > Whiterabbit wrote: > >Good idea, but remember that red is not a very visible color in marginal > >light situation. > > > >Part of the reason that bright colors on the paddles is so effective is the > >movement. The eye is much more sensitive to movement than static items. > > I agree with you that in low light from behind that red is a marginal > color. However my expiernce has been that any light from any other > direction red stands out the brightest. > > Ralph, I like your idea of using Day-Glo, just remember it needs a base of > white first. > > Jeff Bingham > While working for the BLM in Alaska, we conducted test on various colored hard hats and found that day-glo green was best by far. Orange day-glo came in second and bright yellow working well in most lighting and especially if moving. Red did well "some" of the time, but could also completly disapear if the lighting was not just right. Altho not tested over water conditions, we did fly over the crews in many differant backdrops and the day-glo green would JUMP OUT at you in all conditions, even if not moving. If I were painting my paddles this is what I would use. The color is so alien, it commands you to look. James *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jun 10 1999 - 12:47:45 PDT
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