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mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Back in 2000 when I first came as a tourist, it seemed to me that line 1 was under going a color change. It was no longer the red line but was now the dark blue line. I've noticed, further, no other subway line since has used the red color, although you'd think it was a good primary to use. Here we have an apple green line (line 2) and an olive green line (line 7). We even have a pink line. How gay. But no red line since.

So, I can only imagine the color change came about because of some association between red and death. Like how you should not write the name of a Korean in red ink because when they die their name gets written in red into their little family book.

(A friend who taught here a long time ago said once he wrote an adult student's name on the board in red chalk. He noticed the guy made an expression in horror. The next day, after class, the Korean guy asked the teacher to re-write his name on the board but in white chalk. So he did. The guy looked at his name for a second and then erased it from the board.)

Holyjoe · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: Away for a cuppa

I think they're bringing back the red to show the express lines from Seoul Station to Cheonan and Juan. The one down to Suwon/Cheonan looks pretty useful as I head down to Suwon quite a bit from Sindorim - as far as I can remember it stops at Guro, Anyang and Suwon skipping about 10~12 stops inbetween.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

Holyjoe · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: Away for a cuppa

Zenpickle · Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Location: Anyang -- Bisan

My problem with Line 1 is that it's not really dark blue. It's purple.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

I've got a red/green colour defect and keep ending up in Narnia

Styles · Joined: 16 Oct 2004

I'm not an expert on Color Theory but it does seem that they could have choosen a bit more contrast for the Subway line graphics.

As an aside have you ever noticed that it seems koreans see colrs a bit differently than westerners? Sounds crazy,but my students always call colors by different names, the'll call pink-red, blue-green, vis-versa, etc. I know there are language differences as well that influence what english words they use to describe, but the differences I noticed in class did not seem to account for this. Maybe these slight color nuances are are very drastic color differences for Koreans?

Anyways, it is a pain in the ass, having to stare so closely at the subway signs does make us tourists look a bit more touristy.

Nevertheless, Turkish Delight is quite good.