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Soldermasks come in many colors, however most assembly houses request green. I am also
interested in finding out the history of "why green". Perhaps its as simple as thats
how it began (like the volkswagon bug). I personnally think it provides a pleasant
contrast to the glass, copper, legend, etc.
Dave B
Arturo Aguayo wrote:
> I was recently asked by a college student working on a research project,
> "why are printed circuit boards green?". The short answer to that is that
> they are green because of the soldermask color. Which led to the next
> question "is there a reason why soldermasks are green?" To this question I
> had no answer and therefore turn to this forum to see if anybody might know
> the reason (I wouldn't want a student to not graduate because of me).
>
> regards
> Art Aguayo
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