Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:43:28 -0700
Reply-To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon T-Shirts
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I once designed a product that had a warning label using red ink on a
black background. A colorblind guy said, "Whoa, if I hadn't caught the
reflection off the ink I'd never have seen that `high voltage' warning."
--
Rocky J Squirrel
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
Steven Johnson wrote:
> I think black would be a more universal color......(grease).... with red
> for the
> drawings...... IMHO.....
>
> Steven
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey Craig,
>> Believe it or not there are some of us vanagon owners who do not have
>> this rust stuff you refer to on our vans, of course we live in the
>> desert & sleep w/ our vannies at night.
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> Mr. BZ-something in a nice puce for moi
>>
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2010, at 9:58 AM, craig cowan wrote:
>>
>> I agree, rust color it should be!
>>> That way, it matches some part of everyone's van.
>>>
>>> It's the only universal color we all share.
>>>
>>> -Craig
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Clearly this is going to be a hopeless muddle!
>>>> If it's a color I like, I'm in. I do not have any interest in
>>>> white, gray,
>>>> or brown. I like COLORS, not mud or black and white! Black could
>>>> be okay
>>>> -
>>>> maybe with yellow printing instead of white, just to make it a bit
>>>> more
>>>> interesting?
>>>>
>>>> I like red, navy would be okay, royal blue or turquoise fine, light
>>>> blue
>>>> all
>>>> right, I'd get one if it's yellow or a nice green (NOT chartreuse!
>>>> not hot
>>>> pink! Not electric orange! Not neon yellow!). I'm very fond of
>>>> goldenrod. And some lovely hyacinth-like shade, you know, a medium
>>>> to
>>>> light-blue with hints of lavender (with printing in black, that
>>>> would have
>>>> to have). Oh, and there are lovely shades of pumpkin that I'm
>>>> quite fond
>>>> of, or a dark brick red, with hints of orange and brown in it.
>>>> Cream-colored
>>>> printing on that t-shirt, please.
>>>>
>>>> This will probably turn out totally impossible, especially if I go
>>>> on any
>>>> longer! ;-) Unless there is huge demand, I suppose you'll just
>>>> have to
>>>> pick a color, and go with it, those who like that color will order
>>>> it and
>>>> the others won't. So let us know...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joy
>>>>
>>>> p.s. Maybe a nice rust color to match the shade my van is starting
>>>> to
>>>> approach? In the long run, that will go with everyone's van!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> Maybe you should sell transfers in different colors and ppl can pick
>>>> their
>>>>
>>>>> own shirts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cya,
>>>>> Robert
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 22, 2010 10:52 PM, "Werner Schink" <werner.calnr@sbcglobal.net
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff,
>>>>>
>>>>> Any possibility of offering a variety of colors and sizes on pre-
>>>>> production orders (and payments ;-)?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like yellow to go with my van.
>>>>>
>>>>> Werner
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:03:53 -0700, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I was going to offer...
>>>>>
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