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Why are EXIT signs mostly green in some states and mostly red in others?

Princess AlicePrincess Alice
in General
In Ohio, most EXIT signs are red

In Colorado, most EXIT signs are green

It's weird

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  • AlirozAliroz
    edited 2015-12-20 00:02:11
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    It is so the righteous and altitude-gifted holy lands of the west can be distinguished from the low and dismal flatlands of the east.
  • BeeBee
    edited 2015-12-20 00:13:40
    It's a building code thing, which can vary at the state or even municipal level.

    Generally speaking, more recent rules specify green, since it's easier to see in the dark and doesn't have connotations with prohibited things like red does.  There's also now an international standard exit sign that a) is green, and b) doesn't use any text at all, just a stick figure running toward a door.
  • LOAD CherryLOAD Cherry
    edited 2015-12-20 00:24:57
    Splat Charger Specialist
    Aliroz said:

    It is so the righteous and altitude-gifted holy lands of the west can be distinguished from the low and dismal flatlands of the east.

    Illinois has green exit signs too

    Edit: just realized this meant for buildings and not roads
  • HavenHaven
    Let me tell you. About Fallen London.
    The theater I saw Star Wars at last night had half the signs red and the other half green for some reason.
  • BeeBee
    Could have been any number of reasons.  My first guess is that the green ones were just newer.  Also, they might have deliberately put red ones in the darkened theater rooms so they wouldn't stand out as much.
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    Haven said:

    The theater I saw Star Wars at last night had half the signs red and the other half green for some reason.

    jedi and sith exit signs
  • HavenHaven
    Let me tell you. About Fallen London.
    Calica said:

    Haven said:

    The theater I saw Star Wars at last night had half the signs red and the other half green for some reason.

    jedi and sith exit signs
    canon
  • TreTre
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    In NC, most exit signs are red, but if green ones exist in a building, they're meant to denote general use exits in contrast to the emergency exits.

    Kentucky seems to use red ones pretty much exclusively, though I'll have to look again when I go back.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I've seen green exit signs in Ohio, but they're few and far between. The red ones are by far the most common.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Calica said:

    Haven said:

    The theater I saw Star Wars at last night had half the signs red and the other half green for some reason.

    jedi and sith exit signs
    it'll be a windu day when we mace-ee purple exit signs
  • LOAD CherryLOAD Cherry
    Splat Charger Specialist
    You ain't haven
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