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 12 hours 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 11 hours ago
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I wonder if this is similar to Disney’s “Go away” green
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Can’t fool me—it’s actually haint blue to keep out the evil spirits.
SpacePanda@mander.xyz 7 hours ago
Also on porches it helps keep wasps away, supposedly.
garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Old school engineer/architects drawing boards were also covered with the same colour green mat for the same reason.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 hours 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 10 hours 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 9 hours ago
Probably even earlier why win 95 loved that #008080 rgb:
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Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 hours 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.