Peter Fowler
Mention Main Street and Old Ottawa East to a non-resident and sooner or later the Green Door comes up in the conversation! While the renowned restaurant is one of our community’s main landmarks, not all of our front doors are green. In this whimsical feature, our photo editor Peter Fowler finds some of the community’s quirkiest home entrances and explains why more and more of the eye-pleasing yellow doors are finding their way into Old Ottawa East
Peter Fowler: The human retina has a spectral sensitivity curve. In plain English, this means that our eyes see some colours brighter than others. At the low end of perceived brightness on the visual spectrum (i.e. the rainbow) we have blue (ultra violet) and red (infrared).
Right in the centre of the rainbow, the eye has its greatest sensitivity – and this is YELLOW. A few OOE residents have acknowledged this fact by painting their front doors yellow, which is definitely eye catching. So, the next time you want to appeal to someone’s retinas – put on something yellow, or outfit your home with a yellow front door!
