Down on the Beach

Had a weekend at Hunstanton with the kids. It was brilliant. We had really gorgeous weather and we all had a really great time. The kids all wore their fluorescent high-viz sun hats and when they were down on the beach, and we were sitting and watching them, we could see just how effective the fluorescent orange in particular was in showing up against the blue sea. Everyone assumes that yellow is the most conspicuous and visible colour but really it depends on the background. If you think about it, anyone who works on the lifeboats tends to wear a fluorescent orange life jacket. Well, why is that? The sea is blue, unless it is really bad weather, and orange is a contrasting colour to blue. So, a sunny day on the beach, the best colour to make the children more conspicuous in the crowd is fluorescent orange.