6:13 AM
Also 1 out of 10 men are "colorblind" and most working with electronics are still men.
Through-hole diodes write the marking several times in a circle around the part. I never had any problems reading that no matter how it is mounted.
Also, common sense suggests that if you print the value twice on each side of the component, at least one of the labels will be readable no matter how you mount the part.
