Hi-Viz - Pink or Yellow?

We were talking about this today as we went on the road for the first time in ages (shooters in the woods - boo!)

I have all yellow stuff (including a Polite tabbard) and have also heard that it's not quite so visible in certain lights - although as a driver I always seem to notice it miles away. We concluded that you should probably have all the colours. :eek::eek: ?
 
I know this is an old thread, but thought I'd add my opinions. I personally think that pink, unless on a grey, is useless. We were driving yesterday, and came across a horse & rider hacking on a road, with trees covering the sky. We only just spotted the rider, who I thought was a rather tall pedestrian, in pink, which was barely noticeable. She was riding a bay, who I barely noticed, it wasn't wearing any hi viz, and was extremely difficult to see. I personally always spot yellow much quicker than orange or pink, regardless of the time of day or month. I really fail to see why any riders would hack out without hi viz. I always wear my Polite waistcoat, and liver chestnut mare wears Polite leg wraps on all four, and hi viz WeatherBeeta sheet.

Personally, I don't find pink works, and find yellow the most effective.
 
I used to hack in an area with a lot of oil seed rape. Yellow was rubbish against all that yellow, so you do have to take the background colour into account. I still think that a mix is best (either yellow and pink or yellow and orange). I saw, just yesterday in fact, that V-bandz have a new dual colour range.

http://www.v-bandz.co.uk/user/S1031626.JPG link as it's a big picture.
 
I wear pinking summer on the roads and some yellow we have a collection of various sorts in the tack room .
I like the orange but it's supposed to be less effective in autumn .
Green is good in urban areas .
I had a chart about my brother gave me I can't find it .
Of course it's got no bearing on reflective properties .
A local farmer told me recently he can see me nearly two miles away through the trees in my pink .
 
What do people think of wearing (rider) orange one a bay horse? I have visions of this blending quite nicely with the reddish-brown colour of my boy!
 
My pink hi-vis tabard has an EN number. It's not rated has highly as the yellow and orange, but it does have a rating.

I use pink in bright sunlight, yellow when it's gloomy and orange in the winter. Horse has yellow leg bands, pink or yellow tail band, a pink quarter sheet for spring/summer and a yellow one for winter.

I also use yellow reflective rein bands (on the breastplate too) and I have a green reflective hat band. I even have lights for when it's raining/very gloomy although I tend to avoid weather like that!
 
I have both pink and yellow, my hat cover is pink, yellow and green with a reflective strip and I wear one of those POLITE chequered bands as well. I usually wear the yellow on the road and the pink if hacking round or across fields of yellow oilseed rape! My friends took the mickey out of me for that until I pointed out that if I fall off in it, I'd be a lot easier to find if I wasn't blending in with the flowers!!!
 
I have a mixture
A pink equisafety jacket that has people joking about being able to see me from outer space and walkers stopping to comment but is so warm can only be worn in the depths of winter.
Various yellow tabards which did blend in when I was around a lot of rape fields or summer dapply light but are good on grey winters days
For the horse
An orange Parson's Rump which is nice and cool for summer and works well on the dappled light but I do worry about blending autumn when the the trees are orange and so is my bay horse.
Lined yellow exercise sheet which is warm and the colour wprks well in winter
 
criso said:
I have a mixture
A pink equisafety jacket that has people joking about being able to see me from outer space and walkers stopping to comment but is so warm can only be worn in the depths of winter.
Various yellow tabards which did blend in when I was around a lot of rape fields or summer dapply light but are good on grey winters days
For the horse
An orange Parson's Rump which is nice and cool for summer and works well on the dappled light but I do worry about blending autumn when the the trees are orange and so is my bay horse.
Lined yellow exercise sheet which is warm and the colour wprks well in winter
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I mix colours as well - orange tabard & either yellow or pink leg wraps.
I saw a cyclist recently in yellow, he really blended in with the light green hedge, he was with someone else who wasn't in hi viz but I saw him first as he was wearing bright red.
 
I have both and either mix and match or choose the most appropriate for the conditions.

I remember reading an article once that told you what to wear when. Basically it's all about getting a contrast with the horse and /or surroundings. Pink is good in slight fog (although not recommended to ride at all if it's any more than a light mist) and on grey / palomino horses. Yellow is good in reduced light and on darker horses but should be avoided where there is a lot of rape seed. Orange is best in bright sunlight but not in in autumn due to leaves on trees also turning orange and it's obviously not good on chestnuts or at sunset when the sky can have an orangey hue. Green is ok in autumn and winter but not so good in spring or summer.
 
I have to wear orange at work if I'm going on the tracks. If I want an extra vest for riding, I could just "loose" my current one ☺️
 
Yellow for me works best - other road users seem to see me better, and slow up much sooner. I can also see yellow better than any other colour. Bering in mind we do not have oil seed rape, just green hedges/fields and over hanging trees.

I find it interesting each of us can easily have a different colour that 'works'.

I nearly didn't see a horse rider yesterday. Bay horse, rider wearing red top, trotting up by a hedge casting a large shadow. No hi-viz in sight. Second time it has happened (may be the same person), and I'm still recovering from it. Wish people would learn. I never used to bother with it, but now I wouldn't be without. I learnt! (luckily not the hard way).
 
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