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Celine:
go to this pictu
http://www.hnn.navy.mil/Archives/030...bs/firenew.jpg

look at the fire truck in the background.
Jamie looks at those trucks, and says "green"
I see that truck and say "yellow"

Heh. I know the color you're thinking of, and I call it "Neon Chartreuse"! It's
more yellow than green, but partakes of both.

Lines on the highway are "yellow" to me as well, though they're a little to the
orange side. But that could be conditioning, as Driver's Ed taught me to think
of them as "yellow lines".

Celine

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vj wrote:

sorry - i couldn't find the right thread.

Celine:
go to this pictu
http://www.hnn.navy.mil/Archives/030...bs/firenew.jpg

look at the fire truck in the background.
Jamie looks at those trucks, and says "green"
I see that truck and say "yellow"

she got so frustrated, she called her uncle [the firefighter] and
asked "what color those fire trucks are painted" and he laughed and
said, "RED".

i admit, there are greenish tinges to the "neon yellow" they paint the
fire trucks in Sacramento, but the basic color is yellow.
the lines in the road? she sees "orange" and i see "yellow".


The official name of that color is Hi-vis (as in "high visability") Green.

Theoretically, Hi-vis Green is a better color for emergency equipment
because it's easier to see at dusk and at night. Reds turn to black in
low light conditions where this neon yellow-green does not.
Unfortunately, people still equate red with emergencies, and fail to get
out of the way of the green trucks.

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which is why so many fire departments are going back to RED. because
that's what "littles" are taught in school. but the fire fighters
here did call it yellow.

I dunno, me. It looks like green to me! ;-)


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Unfortunately, people still equate red with emergencies, and fail to get
out of the way of the green trucks.

People fail to get out of the way of any trucks. A siren goes off, a truck is
barreling down on them, and they just drive along, la-di-dah. What boobs.
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If you were mixing the color from paints, you'd use more yellow than green in
it. That's why it's seen as yellow.

but the fire fighters
here did call it yellow.


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Jamie looks at those trucks, and says "green"
I see that truck and say "yellow"

I'd say the truck is green, too (chartreuse, really) - and the firefighter is
wearing yellow. And I think the lines painted in the roads are orange.
Hmmm?

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What boobs.a

Nah - boobs have more sense, LOL.

Carol in SLC
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