>I once worked in an office building that had two lights outside each elevator car to tell you which direction the car was going. They were color-coded, which was fine I suppose. Red for up and white for down made sense to someone somewhere.
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Seems to me that when I have seen this color-coded, it's been white for up and red for down. So no only was this set of lights badly designed, but they didn't follow the de facto standard.

Tamar