pugwash
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The post below about lobster pots made me realize that if you really want something to be spotted at sea or in the sky you make it black. A black flag is in my experience a lot more visible than a fluorescent orange one. Which brings us to lifejackets and lifebuoys: is yellow/orange the best colour for rescue devices? Of course black is hopeless by night but you can't see any colour in the dark and should fit reflective tape. Daftest of all, imho, is the line of fashionable storm-weather gear with white shoulders: in the drink they'd surely make you invisible. Yellow/red/orange are prettier but black or navy blue work better -- agree?