Exit Signs should not be colored RED
According to an expert (sorry I forgot who he is. He's a male. Not sure if Japanese or German or what.), exit signs should be colored green, not red. Why?
Red and green are the usual colors we see on signs. Red is a sign of emergency, panic and the like. Green on the other hand is not a sign of panic. In case of emergency, safety professionals usually reminds people to not panic. Panic can cause more harm like stampede and chaos that can leave many people wounded or cause death.
Red exit signs would probably set the mind of people into a panic state. In case of emergency, people might already be in panic. But red signs would make it more worse. Exit signs are put up to lead people to safety. When people panic, they would race to the emergency exit door without thinking. Green signs on the other hand, might not trigger the panic button on the people's mind.
Just look on the following signs...
Imagine yourself in an emergency situation. You see two exit signs but with different color? The distance between running towards the emergency door with the red exit sign or to the emergency door with the green exit sign is perfectly the same. On a panic mode, on what door do you think you would race to?
Most people would run towards the door with the red exit sign. It doesn't mean that putting up a green exit sign would not make the people leave the premises when there's a fire or earthquake. Red exit signs are too inviting and make people panic so much they would run towards it.
On traffic lights, isn't green light tells drivers to "soothe themselves and drive", and the red light tells them "hey there, stop and look out".
The study even shows that exit signs are better when it's in graphic than in word.
Red and green are the usual colors we see on signs. Red is a sign of emergency, panic and the like. Green on the other hand is not a sign of panic. In case of emergency, safety professionals usually reminds people to not panic. Panic can cause more harm like stampede and chaos that can leave many people wounded or cause death.
Red exit signs would probably set the mind of people into a panic state. In case of emergency, people might already be in panic. But red signs would make it more worse. Exit signs are put up to lead people to safety. When people panic, they would race to the emergency exit door without thinking. Green signs on the other hand, might not trigger the panic button on the people's mind.
Just look on the following signs...
Imagine yourself in an emergency situation. You see two exit signs but with different color? The distance between running towards the emergency door with the red exit sign or to the emergency door with the green exit sign is perfectly the same. On a panic mode, on what door do you think you would race to?
Most people would run towards the door with the red exit sign. It doesn't mean that putting up a green exit sign would not make the people leave the premises when there's a fire or earthquake. Red exit signs are too inviting and make people panic so much they would run towards it.
On traffic lights, isn't green light tells drivers to "soothe themselves and drive", and the red light tells them "hey there, stop and look out".
The study even shows that exit signs are better when it's in graphic than in word.
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