Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:14:55 PDT
Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: List Stickers Opinion
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If you want your list sticker to be visible tack a bra onto it.
>
> > 1. White sticker on my wife's BLACK Cherokee with tinted windows: VERY
> > VISIBLE!
>
>Perfect example of contrast (white on black)... part of what I was saying..
>
> > 2. Blue sticker on back window of my white Westy: NOT VISIBLE (very
>subtle)
>
>Only because the background of the sticker is clear... no contrast with the
>stuff inside the vanagon which creates visual distraction rather than
>contrast... the other part of what I was saying...
>
> > 3. Blue sticker on back of white pop top (next to Westfalia logo): VERY
> > VISIBLE
>
>Further illustrates my comment in #2 above.... a clear sticker background
>only works if what behind it is a solid, contrasting color...
>
> > 4. Yellow sticker on back window of white westy: VISIBLE, but ugly, IMHO
> >
>
>Again... due to clear sticker, only REALLY visible if what is behind the
>sticker is a contrasting color and does not visually distract... this will
>not be the case for all...
>
> > If you want VISIBILITY - go with a white or yellow sticker on your back
> > window.
>
>Will NOT be visible unless the stuff on the inside of the van is
>contrasting
>color.... for instance... a white sticker with the gray Westy curtains
>behind it will NOT contrast and NOT be visible....
>
>Or, if you have a white pop-top, use a blue sticker on the front
> > and rear of the pop-top next to the Westfalia logo.
>
>Agreed... but who wants to risk damagin the surface of the pop top if you
>ever remove the sticker?
>
> > As the French say: "Chacon a son gout" (Each to his own taste)
> >
>
>Sure... if people are happy with the visibility of the sticker that okay by
>me... I want to point out that I don't think they are very visibile and
>ways
>to make that better... like for window situations backing the sticker with
>a
>contrasting color paper... or, maybe with future printings of the sticker
>having a solid, contrasting background sticker color...
>
>Bill
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