Which FO sight color?

[alpha_romeo_XV]

Not a bad idea to take a current color-blindness test. Google a free online test. Make sure your rods and cones are still up to snuff. 8% of men have some form of color blindness ( <1% of women)

[Sigmund99]

I use green because so many of the targets I use are orange or blue and they contrast better.

[Rhyyke]

I like the look of red more but green works better for my eyes so all my FO sights are green.

[Lonestargrizzly]

Maybe just get a FO front sight and keep the back sights blacked out?

[Rhyyke]

Maybe just get a FO front sight and keep the back sights blacked out?

You know until you wrote this I had totally forgotten that they make FO rear sights. I had a HiViz set for my old Kimber Custom II that was green rears and a red front... horrible Christmas tree setup. Never bothered to put the rears on and now my cat plays with it.

[ExtremeX]

Depends on the person, so whatever you pick up better.

General purpose I just default to red, works well for me.

That said, I do like green better in low light conditions, but I hate using anything green in the desert where the sand is easily blown out by the sun.

[JackRydden224]

I use green.

My eyes can't pick up on the red at all.

[jmyner99er]

My understanding, and remembering what my electronic instructor said, was that the human eye (cone section) was more sensitive to the green wave length and could pick up a green laser at a further distance then red. f4t

[bongski]

I use green.

My eyes can't pick up on the red at all.

Ditto.

[Old4eyes]

Who cares what we like - it's your eyes what do you see best?

OK, not that I've done my grumpy impersonation, I like green but.... I am partially color blind - and my difficult colors are red and green. I don't see the red fiber front sights at all.

[smak28]

How old are you? The reason is that it seems green is easier to see for older guys from what others have said. I'm 44 & I definitely see green far better than red.

[G3Steve]

Not a bad idea to take a current color-blindness test. Google a free online test. Make sure your rods and cones are still up to snuff. 8% of men have some form of color blindness ( <1% of women)

I'm red-green colorblind and the green FO pops like a neon light in the sun. Indoors not so much but still easier to pick up than red.