Re: lack of a common visual vocabulary

Mark Barratt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.infodesign.general
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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

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