The Central's "colour"

[ruislip]

I always thought it was indicated on maps with a dark (burnt) orange, instead of red. Has it always been red?

[version3point1]

At present, TfL catalogue the Central Line's colour as 'Corporate Red'.

www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/media/designstandards/assets/downloads/underground/LULColourStandardsLinked.pdf

You will find that the colour you get on printed maps is not always consistent as different print batches/runs will have varying degrees of colour accuracy, but the pocket Tube maps tend to show the Central Line with an ever so slight bit of orange. This is partly down to the paper used, the current printing method and (believe it or not) light temperature.

[Deleted]

It was orange many years ago, and the Bakerloo was red. IIRC they assumed their current colours in the 1930s.

[Deleted]

I read once that the Central was changed to red for diagrammatic reasons - apparently the colour red, when applied to the "spine" of a diagram, helps to define that diagram's structure and make it more comprehensible.

[Deleted]

The idea was that the red of the Central, running horizontally from Ealing Broadway to Liverpool Street, would provide one strong axis; and the black of the Northern, running vertically from Morden to Barnet, would provide the other.

Beck moved away from this in the 1950s by having the Northern bifurcate at Camden Town, but he always kept the Central as a straight horizontal line from Ealing to Mile End. And the Bakerloo as a straight diagonal from Elephant to Baker St.

Compared with Beck's designs, the present diagram has many more bends within the Circle.

[rob66]

When my publisher asked me find find out from LUL the correct colour codes for red and blue to use on the front cover of book. The red is called 'Warm Red' and the blue is ' 072 blue' useful information if anyone didn't know.

[rob66]

Although my message above has nothing to do with the tube map. Maybe old age is creeping up fast?? help!