[Spridgets] Good Colors

Brent Wolf wolf.brent at gmail.com
Wed Aug 20 17:23:45 MDT 2008


I don't know if they do any more, but back in 75 Statefarm used to give me a
discount for my Bright Yellow color on my pickup. They said it was the most
visible color.

Brent



On 8/20/08, Norm 2Bs <twobees at sprynet.com> wrote:
>
> Ryan asks, "Okay.  What IS a good color to paint LBC's? black you can't see
> , green you can't see, red gets to much attention?"
>
> Somewhere in the mess that is my library I have a Mercedes brochure that
> has
> the results of a test done in Germany back in the '80s.  I can't find it
> right now.  But, I remember that the most visible color was the yellow
> Mercedes used back then.  It's a bit brighter & more yellow than MG's
> Primrose.  Next, I believe, was white.
>
> Surprisingly, red is not a great color for "visibility" as it appears black
> at night.  Only by day & to cops is it most visible.  I can attest to that
> as I was "scooting" down I-95 in Connecticut one day in my white Jetta
> along
> with a red Cavalier.  Statie pulled him over.  Didn't even look at me.
>
> Norm
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