Talk:Signage/Archives/2017

Edits to the Signage page for colour references

Good afternoon everyone,

I've been attempting to make some edits to the signage page in order to add more detail in the Signage Conventions heading for the use of particular colours with signs.

In particular, I've been trying to talk about which signs use which colours, eg. Red for immediate danger, Yellow for possible hazards etc.

Unfortunately my edits have been marked as spam? I'm sorry, I'm new to editing Wikipedia and I'm unsure if I'm doing something wrong!

I thought I'd mention in my edits that signs generally don't use colours which colourblind people struggle to differentiate, something I haven't seen mentioned in many places.

Anyway, thankyou for the help, hope everyone's having a good day

Jacksdata (talk) 12:06, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Jacksdata The problem with the edit is that the content is based on a single source; a commercial source which many editors would consider to be unreliable at best, or promotional at worst. Wikipedia articles are expected to be based on reliable sources and should not promote individual companies or their perspectives. New content that is unsourced, or poorly sourced is likely to be reverted. Reliable sources include quality newspapers, trade press, texts and monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, but may include digital material under certain circumstances. See: WP:RELIABLE or WP:PROMOTIONAL. There are some good books and articles on the use of colour in signage and corporate logos that you might wish to consult:

Books

• Chris Calori Signage and Wayfinding Design: A Complete Guide to Creating Environmental Graphic Design Systems, 1st Edition, Wiley, 2007 (partially accessible on Amazon Books and on Google books)
• Andreas UebeleSignage systems & Information Graphics, Thames and Hudson, 2007
• SHAOQIANG WANG, New Signage Design, 2015
• Eiseman, L., The Pantone Guide to Communicating with Colour, Grafi Press Ltd, New York, 2000

Journal articles

• Christoph Breuer and Christopher Rumpf. "The Impact of Colour and Animation on Sports Viewers’ Attention to Televised Sponsorship Signage, Sports Management, Vol 29, No. 2, 2015, pp 170-183 (Gull text available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christoph_Breuer/publication/266208189_The_Impact_of_Color_and_Animation_on_Sports_Viewers%27_Attention_to_Televised_Sponsorship_Signage/links/5523c9290cf2c74f0dff1a8f.pdf)
• Niki Hynes, "Colour and meaning in Corporate Logos: An empirical study," Brand Management, Vol. 16, 8, 2009, 545–555 (full text available online at https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38242038/_Colour_and_meaning_in_corporate_logos-_An_empirical_study.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1511911232&Signature=bjS4OMMJz2uvrzAwlr%2FWdnj5wOQ%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DColour_and_meaning_in_corporate_logos_An.pdf

I hope that this is of some assitance. BronHiggs (talk) 22:32, 28 November 2017 (UTC)