11-07-2004, 11:31 AM
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On 7 Nov 2004 08:51:48 -0800, chipc_0517@yahoo.com (Chip C) wrote in
message <93ce4766.0411070851.34ae4e0@posting.google.com> :
>I've been thinking about this, and my own personal opinion, being
>someone with no professional expertise in this whatsoever, is that a
>solid bright colour, like white or yellow, is your best bet. My
>thinking is that you not only need a colour bright enough to draw the
>eye, but you need to present a shape that the viewer recognizes as a
>person on a bike, and can quickly get an accurate bearing and range
>on. That's where the solid colour comes in.
How about red and white quartered, or painted up like a crash test
dummy? Seriously.
Guy
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