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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12905, 4 July 1936, Page 11

The colour combination for this year’s motor vehicle , registration plates, black;-on yellow, has been criticised in one part of New Zealand on the ground that it is hard to sop the .figures. This judgment does not coincide with that of several authoritr ies whose .views .on theprominence .ot double colony combinations were., secured, .by thq .Motor Registration Branch qf the General Post Office bcforo. the. selection,-was made. The United- States Bureau of Standards instituted an investigation of color combinations.:and contrasts, with tiro result that it placed at the head of tho TTst- of visibility blade ‘on yellow, which’ it ( characterised as a splendid combination. . The green on white combination was placed second, bine or wliito third, .white on blue fourth; and.black on white came fifth oh the list for visibility.