Mon May 17, 2021 7:14 pm
#1847568
I'm looking to find a couple of metal rulers, a 150mm and a 300mmm if possible, but I'm looking for them to be yellow with black markings.
Now every extending tape measure I have ever used has always been coloured yellow with black markings, I believe that the contrast of black on yellow is one of the best you can have, so it makes sense that tape measures would use this combination, and they do.
However, for some reason , this choice of colours does not follow trough on to metal rulers. I use a 150mm stainless ruler extensively in my daily work, but the standard metal ruler is always stainless with black markings. This combination may look nice but I find it very difficult to read because of the reflections off the bright stainless surface. So I'd like to find a metal 150mm ruler which is black on yellow.
I have found this combination available in plastic, which is what I'm using at present, but the life span is just a couple of weeks because the black markings wear off under heavy workshop use. I buy the plastic ones ten at a time to allow for frequent replacement.
I've searched extensively on the www but haven't been able to find metal, yellow main colour with black markings, has anyone ever seen such a beast.
The black/yellow contrast issue is obviously recognised as that is the standard for tape measures, I'm at a loss as to why it isn't replicated on rulers.
Now every extending tape measure I have ever used has always been coloured yellow with black markings, I believe that the contrast of black on yellow is one of the best you can have, so it makes sense that tape measures would use this combination, and they do.
However, for some reason , this choice of colours does not follow trough on to metal rulers. I use a 150mm stainless ruler extensively in my daily work, but the standard metal ruler is always stainless with black markings. This combination may look nice but I find it very difficult to read because of the reflections off the bright stainless surface. So I'd like to find a metal 150mm ruler which is black on yellow.
I have found this combination available in plastic, which is what I'm using at present, but the life span is just a couple of weeks because the black markings wear off under heavy workshop use. I buy the plastic ones ten at a time to allow for frequent replacement.
I've searched extensively on the www but haven't been able to find metal, yellow main colour with black markings, has anyone ever seen such a beast.
The black/yellow contrast issue is obviously recognised as that is the standard for tape measures, I'm at a loss as to why it isn't replicated on rulers.