Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle colors

From: Jim Croft <jrc_at_anbg.gov.au>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 07:48:04 +1000 (EST)
> One of my skiing partners used to have a day glow light green (vaguely 
> yellow) ski jacket.  You could identify where he was standing from the 
> bottom of a ski lift while he was near the top (visually about the same 
> size as the head of a pin).  Everyone else on the mountain would just be 
> an unidentified speck.  That coat just screamed "I'm over here".  I 
> haven't seen anything else that had quite the same visibility.

and that is why bright red fire engines are being replaced by yellowy
green ones - they may not look as exciting by you can see them better.

but what aboaut that yucky orangish air-sea rescue red.  surely there
were lots of visibility tests done on that before it was chosen for life
rafts, bouyancy vests and similar?

-- jim 
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