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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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Yellow for video
White for audio?



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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Okay, thanks.
Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

Regards, Joerg

I never noticed the latter, but you're right. Blue and Red are the
colors of the main right and left main parties in Canada (and orange
for labor far left). But red is still identified with communism
everywhere I think- the East Is Red, the "Reds" etc.

There's the mnemonic port->wine->red->left ;-)

And I have to think of black = death to remember which is hot and
which is neutral. I guess that wouldn't work if you were Japanese and
knew white as the color of mourning.



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello John,
Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.

That makes me wonder even more why they picked red for right. But blue?
I have never seen a blue RCA plug on a cable that came with a TV or
stereo. At least in the US it is always red and white for the audio path.

Regards, Joerg
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp
acbell.net> wrote (in said:
Hello John,


That makes me wonder even more why they picked red for right. But blue?
I have never seen a blue RCA plug on a cable that came with a TV or
stereo. At least in the US it is always red and white for the audio path.
Four-core leads for hi-fi cassette recorders have red, white, black and
yellow in US and Japan. In UK, the colours varied until the Far Eastern
imports flooded the market. One set I had was red, blue, orange, green.
 
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Paul Hovnanian P.E.

Jan 1, 1970
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Joerg said:
Hello Spehro,

Composite video is yellow
Component video is green, blue, red

Stereo audio: Red is right, white is left.

For digital audio, 5.1 channel audio, etc. good luck. :-/
 
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Mac

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello Spehro,


Looks like it.

http://www.svideo.com/svideoaudiorca.html
http://hometheaterinfo.com/wiring.htm

Then there is stereo which is red for right and white for left, afaik.
That always got me confused since I grew up in Europe and in politics
the color red is associated with the left wing over there. In the US it
would be blue ;-)

I think the whole red blue thing is relatively new. Communism has been
associated with red for a long time, but I don't remember anyone
making a big deal about blue as a color for Democrats and red as a color
for Republicans until the 2004 presidential election.
Regards, Joerg

--Mac
 
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keith

Jan 1, 1970
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I think the whole red blue thing is relatively new. Communism has been
associated with red for a long time, but I don't remember anyone
making a big deal about blue as a color for Democrats and red as a color
for Republicans until the 2004 presidential election.

Red/blue maps were drawn for the 2000 election, though before that I
don't recall the issue.


http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~sara/html/mapping/election/map.html

The red/blue maps don't look much different than the 2004 version except
that, becasue of the 2000 census, there are more electors represented by
"red" states. ...and there will be more (the pundits say 6) after the 2010
census.
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp


Nevertheless, for stereo Red is Right and bLue is Left. It confuses
sailors as well.

How's your color vision?

Boats and planes have green lights on the starboard side. I may have
an RCA cable with a green jack. I've never seen a blue one, though.
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Active8 <[email protected]>
How's your color vision?

Normal trichromatic.
Boats and planes have green lights on the starboard side. I may have an
RCA cable with a green jack. I've never seen a blue one, though.

I'd post pictures of my blue and orange examples, if only I could find
them. :)-(
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Active8 <[email protected]>


Normal trichromatic.

Oh, good. Then I doubt you think the starboard running light is
blue, just that red/right ( R = R ) messes with sailors heads.
I'd post pictures of my blue and orange examples, if only I could find
them. :)-(

Oh I believe you on the cables. Aesthetically speaking, blue and
orange sound ok. They'd go well with some high-falutin' gold-plated
speaker wires.
 
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Paul Hovnanian P.E.

Jan 1, 1970
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Mac said:
I think the whole red blue thing is relatively new. Communism has been
associated with red for a long time, but I don't remember anyone
making a big deal about blue as a color for Democrats and red as a color
for Republicans until the 2004 presidential election.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the cessation of their
interference with foreign governments, the neocons stepped into that
role and, as a result, were assigned the 'Red' designation.

:-/
 
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Phil Hobbs

Jan 1, 1970
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Active8 said:
How's your color vision?

Boats and planes have green lights on the starboard side. I may have
an RCA cable with a green jack. I've never seen a blue one, though.

It doesn't confuse sailors--the jacks are like coming into port. The
rule is Red-Right-Returning.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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It doesn't confuse sailors--the jacks are like coming into port. The
rule is Red-Right-Returning.

Yeah. Thinking outside the boat, I see.
 

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