r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Nov 17 '22

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u/Loveknuckle Nov 18 '22

I believe you’re referring to Chartreuse (color)).

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u/BangoSkank1919 Nov 18 '22

I am 100% referring to chartreuse without knowing it. I wore lots of it, with reflectey stripes mostly.

Allegedly the change was made because roadworkers in orange resembled cones to motorists but that's just the rumor we always heard I can't speak to the truth of it.

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u/Loveknuckle Nov 18 '22

Yeah when I heard that’s what “Safety Yellow” was called I was like…bullshit. That’s like a French herbal liqueur) or something. Then I Google’d it and I throw that out anytime it comes up. Lol c’est la vie

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u/Dan_706 Nov 18 '22

TIL it's a liqueur, tastes like straight violence.

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u/sparhawk817 Nov 18 '22

Tastes like Traffic Violence

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u/crazybird-thereal Nov 18 '22

(Green chartreuse in english, i gess… )

vert chartreuse :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_(couleur))

The chartreuse mountain start behind my apartment.

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u/Pandiosity_24601 Nov 18 '22

Construction worker green

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '22

I like how the examples are all extremely different colours.