[OUTDATED] Skin Approval

[[TC]»Elmo«]

It's a bit of a tricky one TBH, for a number of reasons

Skin Rules 4.4.2 Wrote:Colours such as Yellow, Orange, Pink, Purple and Red are not recommended as base colours as they have reduced contrast and can easily be mistaken for civilian/recovery vehicles.

In this case, the red base colour is a problem for 2 reasons:
1. It reduces the contrast of several identifying markers
2. The red colour itself - especially in combination with yellow - gives the impression of a Fire/Rescue vehicle more than Police. In the real world, this wouldn't necessarily be too much of an issue, but it is here where Police and rescue vehicles have very different traffic priority.

Skin Rules 4.4.2 Wrote:The word POLICE must be clearly visible on the front, back and sides of the vehicle in a clear font, in colours contrasting with the background.

Frankly, this is a problem on all sides, including the rear. The white stroke around the lettering helps it a little in the previews, but once on the server it's going to be much less clear, especially in 512px. It's also going to be made worse by the tendency of jpeg compression to bleed edges adjacent to red colours.


Another thing to mention is that the chequer pattern on the sides looks to be a very dark blue, almost black. This could easily be confused with the black and white chequered flag pattern, which is very common in racing liveries.