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| Subject: | Re: German fire ext. color |  |
| Date: | Jan 5, 2004 |
| From: | Chris | |
Roy Chow wrote:
>My understanding is that the fire extinguishers were a dull, apple green in color. I think I know the photo you mentioned.
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>This green was the color of fire-fighting equipment in Europe prewar. Not the red we see today.
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Green is still the common European color for many safety items. On the
other hand, a friend of Ukrainian heritage tells me that he is sure that
Soviet-era fire extngshrs were red as far back as he can remember - mid
40s. I don't disagree with him, but I do know that color memory is often
the opposite (color-wheel-wise) of reality, not unlike the parlor trick
of staring at a US flag in blue, yellow, and green and then looking at a
blank white wall and seeing the residual image in the correct colors.
CTew |
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