You must have noticed that every school bus has its school name written on it and is painted with yellow colour. Colors not only add to the aesthetic appeal of things, but they also make our lives much easier in many ways.In this article we will discuss the reason behind the yellow colour for School Bus.
Yellow (and the yellow family of colors) gets your attention faster than any other color. People notice yellow objects first.Even when you are looking straight ahead, you can see a yellow object that is not in front of you "in the corners of your eyes" much sooner than any other color even red. Scientists describe this as follows: "Lateral peripheral vision for detecting yellows is 1.24 times greater than for red."This means that as compared to the rest of the colours, yellow has 1.24 times more attraction and also more visibility. The yellow colour of the school bus is also known as the National School Bus chrome yellow.
If there’s fog or any kind of bad weather, drivers will still be able to see yellow cars and any moving vehicle fairly well.Not only are school buses yellow, but also many earth-moving, road-building and other outdoor machines are yellow because you could get hurt if you accidentally run into one of them. Many accidents occur in farms and outdoors because the victim saw the moving object too late. If it’s yellow, you have a strong warning!
This is why the school bus is painted with yellow so that the possibility of accidents on the highway will be less and children can reach their home safely.
Did you know that in the early 1930s, in the US, it was confirmed that there is more attraction in yellow colour than any other colours. That is why some signalling boards are painted with yellow colour.
Why Are School Buses Yellow?
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