Choose the Paint Scheme for Nevada Northern SD9 250th

linkthebutler · **Joined:** Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:29 am **Posts:** 267

https://nnry.com/250th-anniversary-cont ... ce-voting/

o anderson · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2024 11:49 pm

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Josef Albers, the noted color theorist, warned against the use of vibrating colors in his classic, Interactions of Color:

“This initially exciting effect also feels aggressive and often even uncomfortable to our eyes. One finds it rarely used except for a screaming effect in advertising, and as a result it is unpleasant, disliked, and avoided.”

https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/why-you-should-avoid-vibrating-color-combinations--cms-25621a

Overmod · **Joined:** Thu May 24, 2012 1:37 pm **Posts:** 2492

Note that the discussion on 'vibrating color' assumes isoluminance between the two colors -- a rookie mistake in IxD.

However, it certainly should be added that 'vibrating colors' add to the effect of zebra striping or other "attention-getting" paint on locomotive ends or sides... something of potential value in low-light conditions or when equipment is moving slowly in a visually-complex environment.

linkthebutler · **Joined:** Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:29 am **Posts:** 267

here is the finished locomotive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYbzE42RJL4