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Hong Kong’s 99 metro stations are all identified by their own individual colour scheme. The idea was originally meant to help illiterate travellers find their stops, according to Andrew Mead, the chief architect of the city’s Mass Transit Railway system better known as the MTR. The colours of each station are derived from the surrounding environment, or take cues from the Chinese names of the stations. The stations’ vivid hues and the use of calligraphy and public art all help to give each station its own vibrant character, explains Post reporter Alkira Reinfrank.

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