Gear Colors

colors

You might not think that color matters much, but I prefer light, bright colors for any accessory that I might drop or set down. This includes knives, lights, bags, weights, and many other things. Yellow is my favorite color for this.

Despite the fact that black is really the only cool color for tech divers, I prefer Coast Guard orange uppers on my drysuits. These make you easier to spot, whether in the murk of the quarry, or drifting away on the surface of the Atlantic.

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All equipment must be black. Ha ha - just kidding. You guys can take a joke, right?

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No?

Note: There is actually a scientific explanation for the humorous chart above: Women see colors better than men. I'm not talking about colorblindness. Women have a fourth receptor for something like teal that men simply don't have. That means they have four primary colors, while men have just three. Obviously, men can see teal as well, but we have to make it from the other three primary colors.


Squilla empusa is a species of mantis shrimp found in areas of the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico to Cape Cod, from the intertidal zone down to about 500 ft. It excavates and occupies a deep U-shaped burrow in soft sediment, from which it emerges, mainly at night, to feed on fish and invertebrate prey. They grow to a length of 12", although I have only ever seen small ones in the bellies of striped bass.