> you don't live in the UK which is ... full of red busses. Well, London certainly is, the rest of the country tends to be mixed between green (arriva) and whi

> you don't live in the UK which is ... full of red busses. Well, London certainly is, the rest of the country tends to be mixed between green (arriva) and white/purple (first) these days. In the days before deregulation, red was indeed the most common colour country-wide, but even then there were abhorrations such as west yorkshire's green and cream - there's another conversation to be had about 1950s and 1960s liveries composed of 'and cream' combinations that probably started with BR (well, the BTC then, which would have been the parent 'company' for most local bus services) 'crimson and cream' carriage livery - known colloquially as 'Blood and Custard'.