Re: lack of a common visual vocabulary
Mark Barratt <[email protected]>
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Frank Wales wrote: > Quick, what colours are "Cheese & Onion" and "Salt & Vinegar"? > > To me, they're "green" and "pale blue" respectively, and so > I'm always hideously confused by Walker's blatant inversion > of these colours, established around the time of the separation > of the major continents, some alleged scientists claim. Think of the greater good: Walkers is owned by Pepsi and blue is the key colour of Pepsi Cola. 'Vinegar' would be very off-brand for the Pepsi drink, while cheese... I think I have run out of logic. best -- Mark Barratt Text Matters Information design: we help explain things using language | design | systems | process improvement ____________________________________________ phone +44 (0)118 986 8313 email [email protected] web http://www.textmatters.com ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________