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Traffic signals are pretty universal. Sometimes blue is alternated for green, but that’s pretty much it.
by garmaine 6y ago
Traffic signals are pretty universal. Sometimes blue is alternated for green, but that’s pretty much it.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoI suppose, but are there cultures where the color combination has not been adopted as a common notification design grammar because one or more of the colors has a predefined meaning that would make it inappropriate for that usage?
- bryanrasmussen 6y agocan you point me to any cultures where green is replaced by blue?
- gus_massa 6y agoWikipedia says that it's only in Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light#Variations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_light#Variations https://www.google.com/search?q=semaphore+traffic+japan&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=semaphore+traffic+japan&tbm=...
- mytailorisrich 6y agoMaybe this is linked to the language [1]: "Ao (hiragana あお; kanji 青; adjective form aoi (青い). is a Japanese color word that includes what English-speakers would call blue and green. For example, in Japan, blue skies are described as aozora (青空), and green traffic lights are described as ao-shingō (青信号)." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_(color) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_(color)