What contrast do you need outdoors and at night?

You need light type on a dark ground, or the reverse, with enough contrast to read the name from the pavement at night. A colour that looks right by day is useless if the sign disappears when the shutter comes down.

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You need light type on a dark ground, or the reverse, with enough contrast to read the name from the pavement at night. Take a photo of the sign at night, without flash, from the pavement. Grey on beige can be read on screen and outdoors it cannot. The night test and the pair of colours that could actually be read.

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