hi-vis vests

Bright worker wear

Hi-vis vests are sleeveless garments made of fluorescent fabric with reflective strips, worn to make the wearer visible in low-light conditions or around moving vehicles.

Construction workers, cyclists, and emergency responders wear them as safety gear.

The term is short for high-visibility: Everyone on site needs a hi-vis vest.

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yellow · construction · building site · roadwork · road crew · workers · neon · jacket · safety gear · stripes · traffic · traffic control · cones · hard hats · luminous · bright · warning · night

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Opposites
visibility purpose

hi-vis vestscamouflage

Concealment through visual blending

ghillie suits · military camouflage · invisibility cloak · ghillie suit

safety signaling

hi-vis vestsplain clothes

Non-uniform civilian dress

color/aesthetic

hi-vis vestsmuted colors

Desaturated, understated shades

earth tones · navy blue · subdued colors

Family

visibility, visible, visibly, invisible, invisibility, vision, visionary, visual, visualize

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G