Not to doubt what your saying about bulb colors, but if this is the =
case
then why do all new Audi's have their instruments illuminated in =
red?
Karl Batzler
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From: Blue Eyes =
<
lvlearn@MCI2000.COM>
To: =
vanagon@VANAGON.COM <
vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: =
Friday,
November 13, 1998 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: Dash lights
>I =
had
occasion to color a lot of light bulbs years ago due to the needs
of
a
>business I owned. The opaque enamels aren't the =
best
choice. Spray can
>colored lacquers are the best. They =
dry
fast, let out more light, appear
>better, and run =
cooler. It's
not even a close decision, go with lacquer.
>
>I'm not wild =
about
going with red for information displays. As I =
recall,
>visual acuity
is poor there, and even worse at the other end of
the
spectrum's
>indigo and violet. In the rainbow of =
colors, Roy
G. Biv, I think that
orange,
>yellow and green were the =
best for
instrumentation. The Air Force spend a
>lot of your money =
finding
out about this years ago, but I don't recall much
of
>the
results. Anyone have a line on that?
>
>I'd like my =
display's
illumination to be a little more spiffy than the low
>temperature
incandescent off white that it was originally. But then if
I'm
>stopped by a highway patrolman at night, I don't want it to =
appear
like
some
>carnival runway man is making decisions behind the
wheel.
>John
>