One of the key features of IND stations was — in contrast to the first IRT stations — their simplicity. The walls were tiled white all over but a horizontal color stripe. The color scheme was all the same between two express stations. That was intended to help passengers to find their bearings.<br>The name of the station was tiled again and again directly below.<br>During the last years the color schemes were somewhat given up. The white “42” comes from renovations that took place after 2000. The blue color is not so original, too.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/pong/">Rob Pongsajapan</a>
CC BY 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pong/102200386/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/pong/102200386/</a>