Dial calipers, what color face?

[oxford]

Daughters boyfriend wants a set of dial calipers for Christmas which led to some questions about what color face.

I never used any with actual colors but I prefer a white face with black numbers over black face with white numbers.

Just curious what everyone would pick if they were buying a new set.

[The Metal Butcher]

B&S 599 With the black face are my favorite calipers ever, bar none. IDK anymore now that they are made in China.

[Bob La Londe]

The dial just needs to be readable. I have white and black face both that are fine. Where I have an issue sometimes is on the beam. Faint laser etching and number placement can cause a large mis read.

[MichaelP]

White face with black numbers for me, please.

[rdfeil]

White face with black numbers for me also.

[J Tiers]

Yellow face is not a bad one. I think one of the ones I have is like that.

Of course, "dial calipers? What century are you living in, the 12th?". Everyone knows digital are lots better.🙄

[darryl]

JT, you trying to start something? ha ha.

I like the white face, black markings. I don't like black face, white markings. I love my analog meter with its mirrored scale. I'm hoping to find a dial micrometer-

[Bented]

I mostly use black lines on a white background for calipers.
However I always draw parts in CAD systems with white lines on a black background, it is less glaring on the old eyes if a majority of the monitor is black.

[wdtom]

White, black nos.

[J Tiers]

JT, you trying to start something? ......................

Poking the bear. Bented gave me the idea.

[A.K. Boomer]

"Traditional" for all other dials.

But I will only own "digi-cals" for their durability...

[oxford]

Of course, "dial calipers? What century are you living in, the 12th?". Everyone knows digital are lots better.🙄

I asked and he said he wanted dials. I have both and prefer to pickup the dials. The digital shine for quickly going to imperial or metric.

I will ask if you have shelved all your dial indicators for digital ones?

[old mart]

Metric ones are yellow with black numbers.

Actually not quite true, as I have a metric height gauge with a white dial which is metric, rather tricky to read, as its 2mm per turn, I wish it was digital.

[J Tiers]

I asked and he said he wanted dials. I have both and prefer to pickup the dials. The digital shine for quickly going to imperial or metric.

I will ask if you have shelved all your dial indicators for digital ones?

Nope, I shelved all the digital ones for dial. Just "poking the bear".

[oxford]

Metric ones are yellow with black numbers.

Actually not quite true, as I have a metric height gauge with a white dial which is metric, rather tricky to read, as its 2mm per turn, I wish it was digital.

I could see different color dials being useful if you have both imperial and metric.