The increasing number of car accidents has determined authorities to enforce strict policies regarding the use of the seat belt, the use of cell phones while driving, and the position of passengers in taxi vehicles. The latest question on the minds of those preoccupied with car safety regards the eventuality of a connection between the color of vehicles and their proneness to accidents. In other words, does the color of my car influence my chances of being involved in a car accident? Preferably by lowering it?

In spite of ongoing debate on the topic, there is no clear conclusion. There are countless examples on the Internet which can be used to either support or reject theories regarding the safety provided by certain colors on the road. One such example regards color red, admittedly perceived as one of the safest out there, and with the highest visibility. Well, precise measurements in optometry – the medical science concerned the eyes and eyesight related aspects – determined that red is one of the poorest perceived colors in most conditions, due to the fact that the human peripheral vision – very important in driving – is particularly weak at detecting shades of red.

More light on this topic may come from apparently unrelated fields, such as optometry, which determined with a high degree of certitude that one of the best visible colors is lime-yellow, because of its very central position in the color spectrum. However, it is still to be determined if lime yellow is also the safest color on the road. Could be, considering all modern painting techniques out there, able to provide special fluorescent coatings and brightly colored paint swatches.

On the other hand, optometry also indicated that the color with the best chances to seize anybody’s eye in normal circumstances is lime-yellow. The reason is the central position of this particular color in the spectrum to which the human eye is attuned. This combined with the new modern painting techniques available out there, which allow for fluorescent and brightly colored coatings, could make lime-yellow an advisable paint choice for safety-concerned drivers. But by no means take that as sound advice, as lime-yellow can be just as indistinguishable as red under certain visibility conditions.

This soundly and perhaps more safely reduces the issue of the relationship between car color and traffic safety to an increased attention paid to traffic conditions, to using the safety belt and to good driving skills. In the same time, this has the advantage of allowing drivers to base the decision regarding the color of their car solely on their taste and on the protection the painting can provide to their vehicles. Leaving open, of course, the possibility of repaint at any time, should color prove by any chance to be unsafe.

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