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Posted by Amorymeltzer 1 day ago

Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025)(bethmathews.substack.com)
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kleton 1 hour ago|
Because chromium III oxide is a very light-fast pigment
cmoski 1 hour ago||
Old school SCADA screens that I first saw had a similar green background.
ProllyInfamous 1 hour ago||

    #81D8D0 club, represent!
Tiffany green is a Top10 /hn/topbar color for a reason.
anonu 2 hours ago||
Some of the old retired US aircraft carriers have their control rooms painted this color.
mlacks 2 hours ago||
On US submarines, every bulkhead and beam not in the bilge is painted seafoam green. We were told it was the most soothing/ anti-rage inducing color possible - necessary for long deployments in cramped quarters.

After a little over a decade of service, no other color infuriates me more

fgonzag 2 hours ago|
Silver lining, at least your triggered by a color that basically doesn't exist and is no longer in wide spread use. (As in you won't find it as much in daily civilian life)
carabiner 1 hour ago||
Su-27 fighter cockpit is known for its turquoise paneling that supposedly is to promote calm.
marginalia_nu 1 hour ago|
Yeah I was about to say similar pastel green colors crops up in a lot of Soviet control rooms too.
pavel_lishin 2 hours ago||
> He painted his bedroom walls red vermillion to test if it would make him go mad.

And? Did it?

vintermann 2 hours ago|
I suppose that's up to us to judge
ChrisMarshallNY 2 hours ago||
That’s a fascinating story!

I’d never even heard of this guy.

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