My wife and I took a tour of Hanford Site B. We were in the area and the tours are free. While the colors didn’t stand out to me (they are meant not to), the ‘font’ in all of the (hand painted?) signs certainly did: they looked Exactly like they came from the Fallout games. Of course it’s the other way around, but the consistency was striking.
Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green
Submitted 3 weeks ago by JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to history@lemmy.world
https://bethmathews.substack.com/p/why-so-many-control-rooms-were-seafoam
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davidgro@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can’t fool me—it’s actually haint blue to keep out the evil spirits.
SpacePanda@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Also on porches it helps keep wasps away, supposedly.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wonder if this is similar to Disney’s “Go away” green
garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Old school engineer/architects drawing boards were also covered with the same colour green mat for the same reason.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I thought everyone knew this but clicked to verify:
It’s the “default” color our brains like and zones out about. So it makes the emergency “look at me” colors stand out even more.
It’s like the analog version of “blue light filters” on digital screens.
Actual white reflects too much light and becomes drastically.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wonder if this is why XP had that grassy field background. Mix the blue sky and green grass together and it’s just about the same seafoam color.
kautau@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Probably even earlier why win 95 loved that #008080 rgb:
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Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wonder if this is why nature has that grassy field background. Mix the blue sky and green grass together and it’s just about the same seafoam color.