Ask a regular user of Toronto's TTC subway system what colour Runnymede, Summerhill or Pape station is and they will likely know or have a pretty good guess. Frequent users are often able to differentiate subway stations based solely on their colour scheme, without even seeing the station names. In 1954, designers used a planned colour combination of background tiles and trim on the original Yonge line stations. Colours varied subtly, offering just enough difference to avoid confusion with similar stations. Future expansions of the University and Bloor/Danforth subway lines from 1963-1968 continued the scheme. New stations in the 1970s saw a much more varied design of colours and patterns.
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How many of these TTC subway stations would you recognize based on colour?
Detail credit: http://jbb.poslfit.com/Pages/subway-tiles.html
Photo credit: http://www.benmark.ca/stock/stock2
How many of these TTC subway stations would you recognize based on colour?
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