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Re: Other: Paint colors?
By:Mike Savage
Date: 8/28/2007, 5:07 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Paint colors? (Bill Hamm)

: Oh yeah, school bus yellow stands out better than most any other color, top
: and bottom. My Greenlander used to be that color and it's really easy to
: see against almost any background color. Now it's got a black (graphite)
: bottom which disapears completely when it's upside down, not the ideal,
: but hopefully it won't stay upside down for long :)

: Bill H.

Hi Bill,
Black is an odd colour on the sea, it's more visible than one would think. One theory is that many prey animals in the water look black/dark, if you don't see prey you go hungry. So humans tend to notice black things on the water.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Other: Paint colors? *LINK* *Pic*
David Woodham -- 8/27/2007, 6:43 pm
Re: Other: Paint colors?
Ken Brunton -- 8/28/2007, 12:57 pm
Re: Other: Paint colors?
David Woodham -- 8/28/2007, 11:44 pm
Re: Other: Paint colors?
Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2007, 1:09 am
Re: Other: Paint colors?
David Woodham -- 8/29/2007, 4:25 pm
Re: Other: Paint colors?
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2007, 2:21 am
Re: Other: Paint colors?
David Woodham -- 8/28/2007, 11:17 pm
Re: Other: Paint colors?
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2007, 2:23 am
Re: Other: Paint colors?
David Woodham -- 8/28/2007, 11:20 pm
Re: Other: Paint colors?
Joy -- 8/28/2007, 8:15 pm
Re: Other: Paint colors?
Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2007, 1:07 am
Re: Other: Paint colors?
Mike Savage -- 8/28/2007, 5:07 am