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School bus yellow is a color that was specifically formulated for use on school buses in North America in 1939. Originally officially named National School Bus Chrome, the color is now officially known in Canada and the U.S. as National School Bus Glossy Yellow.
Jan 18, 2023 · School buses have an enviable safety record, thanks in part to their bright yellow color. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Every single school bus in the United States is painted the exact same color — a hue officially known as "National School Bus Glossy Yellow" — but it wasn't always that way.
- Dave Roos
Before the standard school bus yellow color was developed, school buses were a pure yellow, closer to the color of a lemon. School bus yellow is neither pure yellow nor pure orange. Instead, it is a mix of the two, similar to the color of the flesh of a mango.
The color of a school bus is yellow-orange. This color is a mixture of lemon yellow and orange ... like the color of the fruit of a mango. So why do we still refer to a school bus as yellow?
Sep 4, 2019 · The wavelength of the popular school-bus color is “right smack in the middle” of the peak wavelengths that stimulate the photoreceptor cells our eyes use to perceive red and green.
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School bus yellow stimulates two photoreceptor cells (or ‘cones’) in our eyes - most colours only stimulate one. Doubling the transmission of colour signals to our brain makes National School Bus...
The school bus acquired its iconic yellow color in 1939 as a safety measure. This article takes an in-depth look at school bus history.
