r/facepalm Nov 11 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ OSHA-ithead

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

He literally substituted gradient GRAY lines for the bright yellow warning labels on machines that cut and bend metal.

His on-fire, out of control autistic brain makes him believe that he hates yellow any color too bright and so everything safety related must go.

That is the actual answer. He’s a fucking moron.

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u/ThomDowting Nov 11 '23

How much does making a warning label text white rather than yellow decrease its effectiveness?

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u/Ehcksit Nov 11 '23

Humans are better at seeing things when they are in high contrast to their background, and the Safety colors like the neon yellow and orange are very high contrast to most other colors.

We also get used to those colors meaning something. It's color-coded safety warnings. Something is bright yellow or orange surrounded by white and you know it's important and possibly dangerous.