Merchant ships - how do you see flags at night?

notanameleft · 09-04-08, 06:42 AM

thanks! I have been about 2 metres from the flag though and because it's dark it's really hard to make out the colours i.e. the orange in the irish flag doesn't look orange because it's dark. Kind of like trying to look at colours under a different coloured light

the british flag is easy but the shape of the irish is exactly the same as the tricolore french flag or Italian. Is it just me? how on earth can you tell in the dark especially from a couple of hundred metres away

maybe i should follow the vessel for a few hours and then look again when it's lighter?

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09-04-08, 06:42 AM	#1
notanameleft Watch Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	thanks! I have been about 2 metres from the flag though and because it's dark it's really hard to make out the colours i.e. the orange in the irish flag doesn't look orange because it's dark. Kind of like trying to look at colours under a different coloured light the british flag is easy but the shape of the irish is exactly the same as the tricolore french flag or Italian. Is it just me? how on earth can you tell in the dark especially from a couple of hundred metres away maybe i should follow the vessel for a few hours and then look again when it's lighter?