LIGHTING COLOR STANDARDS GET NEW DAY-NIGHT REVIEW

A SERIES OF OUTDOOR DAY-NIGHT TESTS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SAE LIGHTING COMMITTEE SHOULD RE-EXAMINE ITS STANDARDS ON AUTOMOTIVE SIGNAL LIGHT COLORS. THE TESTS ALSO OPENED THE POSSIBLITY OF SAE LIGHTING COLOR STANDARDS FOR BLUE AND GREEN AS EMERGENCY VEHICLE SIGNALLING COLORS. A THIRD GOAL WAS TO CONSIDER A TEST METHOD FOR EVALUATING CERTAIN SIGNAL DEVICES WHOSE APPARENT COLOR VARIES WITH THE DIRECTION OF VIEW. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE YELLOW-RED TESTS WERE A FIRST EXPOSURE TO THE STANDARDS DIFFERENCES, WHILE THE BLUE-GREEN TESTS WERE AIMED MORE AT POSSIBLE QUANTIFYING AND LIMITING THEIR CHROMATIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR USE AS VEHICLE SIGNAL LIGHTS.

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • VOL 81 NO 9 PP 25,123
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0098-2571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Emergency vehicles; Light; Red; Signal lights; Standards; Testing; Vehicle lighting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224394
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 17 1973 12:00AM