Colour of the fireexit sign across US states
Colour of the fireexit sign across US states
Please excuse the quality
25 comments
-
-
Is it based on red being the color of an emergency or it doesn't look like a normal exit? Is it because they did studies on what is easier to see in smoke? Is it because green or red lights are cheaper?
I need answers
-
The conclusion of a master's thesis at Lund University / LTH (Sweden) onto that topic provides some information on why green is chosen over red:
When it comes to the performance of green light in comparison to red light, we have seen that under white smoke conditions, on average, green light has performed better than red. While under black smoke conditions, red light was the better of the two, in line with the previous research. Nonetheless, the reason why green is the most commonly used color still remains independent of its performance against red light. As previous literature has proven, people perceive green as safe and tend to choose it over red in these situations.
https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9084340/file/9089830.pdf
-
Perfect, thanks
-
-
You'll have to ask OSHA
-
-
What's with NYC and yellow?
-
I was intrigued too but it just seems to be red. Not sure why they've singled it out
https://www.emergencylights.net/blogs/product-knowledge/new-york-city-exit-signs-info
-
-
I believe in Australia, by law it has to be green, except for parliment house because it'd ruin the aesthetic, so its allowed to be red (take with grain of salt, it's been a while since I went to Canberra).
-
I apparently live in a red state but my workplace (in state) is green
-
It seems many states actually allow both
-
-
Now we just need to place them under the smoke at floor level
-
And green. At the floor and green. Green, at floor level.
-
-
fireexit
Because the hyphen or space keys are so far away.
-
Becausethehyphenorspacekeysaresofaraway.
ftfy
-
-
The green states should just secede.
25 comments
Canada's building codes since around 2014 require the green man pictoral exit sign.
Old buildings have EXIT or SORTIE signs in red. Some renovated buildings have a mix of both.
Ahh yes I was surprised that they have the European (or just international idk) one
It's because the pictogram doesn't require knowing French or English (depending on where in Canada you are)
australia has them as well, so i’d assume general international