Gray alerts are also for all-dog crews.Grey Alert for the crew to be wary of the current situation, and when the shit hits the fan then Beige Alert
Rebranding a Fan Film: Yellow and Red Alert
- Thread starter Matthew Raymond
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This is a common myth. Dogs are dichromats, so they do see color, but they can't tell the difference between red and green (or anything in between). They basically have only blue and yellow cone structures in their eyes. Bulls are also dichromats, so they can't see that the cape is red, but they also do see some color. So, dogs can't really tell the difference between Red and Yellow Alert, but they can easily tell if it's Blue Alert.
A very tiny percentage of the population, almost exclusively female, is born with four different types of cones in their eyes, although they usually can't functionally process that additional sensory information. (The extra cone is usually in between red and green.) I think, to date, there has been only one documented case of a true, functional tetracromat, though.
Really it's used for any nonstandard operation on a starship. Cloaking on the Defiant, Multi-vector assault mode on the Prometheus. etc
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_alert
I've been thinking of a series of alert levels, and based on what I've read, I'm thinking it could look like this:
Also, there could be associated font colors:
- Level 1 - Normal
- Level 2 - Yellow Alert / Grey Mode / General Quarters (low priority)
- Level 3 - Blue Alert / Black Alert / General Quarters (high priority)
- Level 4 - Red Alert / Battle Stations
- Level 5 - Double Red Alert / Abandon Ship
Also, there could be associated font colors:
- Level 1 - Green
- Level 2 - Yellow
- Level 3 - Orange
- Level 4 - Red
- Level 5 - Black on Red background.
I'm not getting the pop culture reference.
It's not a pop culture reference. It's a TrekBBS reference. Never mind.
I like the alert levels. It's a good progression.
It also leads to the joke in my mind of, "You can't double red before single red."
Oh I know - it was just for the joke.
My brother and father both have red-green color blindness. If I'd had a son, he could have had it as well. My nephew skipped it (it's generally? always? passed via the mother, and my SIL and her brother and father don't/didn't have it).
Actually, my dad has red-green color blindness. Weird. I've been told it's passed on the X chromosome, but for women, the other X chromosome overrides it, so it only presents in men. Not sure my sister has the gene. Maybe I should ask her.
If you have any nephews you might see the gene in action (but not always). I find all this stuff fascinating. Sorry it's off-topic.
A bit, but color blindness in the context of color-based alerts is completely on topic. Alerts should probably use other mechanisms in addition color to quickly communicate information. Perhaps, in corridors for instance, a certain number of lit-up bars indicates an alert level.
OWNED.Thank you, Christopher!
'Fraid I didn't........
Okay, I'll bite: Who is Christopher?
A bit? You have a knack for understatement...
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