15. 04. 08
Red is the Helvetica of colours
Saw this in London recently. Not the best spelling, but a valid observation nonetheless. The construction fence it was sprayed on was painted solid red – more than anyone would need for warning purposes.
by erik
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13 Responses to “Red is the Helvetica of colours”:
1
Mmm, that is how us Brits spell colour…
Gareth
April 15th, 2008 at 22:15 pm
2
Yes but we don’t spell ‘an’ ‘a’
Nick
April 16th, 2008 at 00:52 am
3
Nice handwriting though, if you can call it that.
Kim
April 16th, 2008 at 02:46 am
4
Quite. And we’d probably spell overrated in one word, wouldn’t you (I’m German, after all)?
e
April 16th, 2008 at 04:36 am
5
I guess you should change the colour of your blog then..
Erik
April 16th, 2008 at 10:12 am
6
Nice contrast though blue and red. Also, interesting graffiti commentary, most graffiti in America is people saying U R dumb, or drawings of genitalia
joe
April 16th, 2008 at 16:13 pm
7
@ Erik:
when it comes to colour, i am a Helvetica person. I really cannot work with colour, so i keep to the typographic ones: black, white and red.
And i am thinking of changing the red on my blog!
e
April 16th, 2008 at 19:21 pm
8
Incorrect spelling adds character to graffiti. It’s probably a commentary on the people who do it, more than anything.
Zumi
April 16th, 2008 at 21:45 pm
9
It should read:
“Red is an over-rated colour.”
When are these damn vandals going to learn how to spell?
chvnx
April 17th, 2008 at 03:43 am
10
Couldn’t it be without the hyphen:
overrated. As in overtaken? Or is that my Germanic way of thinking?
e
April 17th, 2008 at 03:55 am
11
red is overrated, unless it’s on a woman!
chb
April 23rd, 2008 at 18:43 pm
12
Am I the only one amazed at this individual’s handwriting, or presentation? Sure… There is grammatical error, but I think the form of delivery here is just great.
Be it by mistake, or happenstance of someone just trying to be witty, it is flat out “awesome.”
Karl
December 17th, 2008 at 10:09 am
13
You are not the only one, that’s why I took the photograph. We all see stuff like this every day but usually don’t have a way to share it. That is why a lot of people keep blogs.
erik s
December 17th, 2008 at 13:00 pm
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