Anybody remember the first CRT computer terminals? They used GREEN characters. Later amber was prettier, but the green ones were first, maybe for a reason.
73, de Jim KG0KP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan Minish" <ei6iz.bren...@gmail.com> To: <gdaug...@stanford.edu> Cc: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:39 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Blue Displays and Visual Acuity > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 12:24 -0700, gdaug...@stanford.edu wrote: >> Alan wrote... >> If I recall correctly, the human eye is most sensitive in the >> yellow-green part of the >> spectrum... 565 nanometers is the peak, but that doesn't necessarily mean >> "greatest >> visual acuity" I guess. > > As someone with short sight I find that yellow - green is much clearer > and sharper at a distance than blue or red. > > This makes some sense since the refractive index of my glasses (& > Eyeballs) as well as the sensitivity to light is based on the middle of > the the visual spectrum > > If you want Blue because it looks pretty, then go for it but it's not > 'better'. > > 73 > Brendan EI6IZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
