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Post by dynastes on Nov 6, 2012 4:19:59 GMT -8
Dear colleagues and collectors,
what do you think - what color should be a label with the collection data - the classic white, or color, as you can see in the photos of collections of some members of this forum?
All the best, Andrey
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Post by africaone on Nov 6, 2012 4:50:17 GMT -8
be careful ... color sometimes means type material (red and yellow ones).
i know collections where lables are colored on the edges to indicate the continent
al mines except type material (red) are white
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Post by bobw on Nov 6, 2012 5:01:38 GMT -8
Thierry's absolutely right. Labels should always be white as coloured labels indicate type material.
Bob
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 6, 2012 5:09:27 GMT -8
Mine are white even I have many red ones...
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 6, 2012 6:21:31 GMT -8
Definitely the main part of the data label should be white, although colour coded edges to a white label would be acceptable.
Apart from the use of colour to designate a type specimen, which could cause confusion if colour is arbitrarily used in data labels, there may also be a problem of coloured backgrounds causing difficulties in reading the data printed on the labels.
I would always recommend black letters on a white background for the data label. I have no issue with using coloured backgrounds for determination labels or any other type of label apart from data labels.
Adam.
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