# A Poll for the MEN only, please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794 "2004-05-18T16:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tayr0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Tayr0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tayr0)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/1 "2004-05-18T16:20:19Z")
in the interest of market research. 😉 Of the following colors, which do you find the most appealing? (no, it’s not a personality test) 1. Red 2. Yellow 3. Blue 4. Green 5. Purple 6. Brown Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/2 "2004-05-18T16:24:22Z")
1- Blue 2- Green 3- Brown 4- Purple 5- Red 6- Yellow ---
**Author:** ![Kymodoce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@Kymodoce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kymodoce)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/3 "2004-05-18T16:27:20Z")
It’s hard to answer the question. It differs whether it’s a boat, a car, socks… etc… But, if I had to order them: Blue (best) Green Red Yellow Purple Brown (worst) The mind boggles why you’d want to know this? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/4 "2004-05-18T16:29:41Z")
uh… dark green, I guess… though a deep royal blue is nice. 😕 ok. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/5 "2004-05-18T16:31:16Z")
Blue. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/6 "2004-05-18T16:33:34Z")
By the way, what _is_ this for? ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/7 "2004-05-18T16:34:24Z")
It’s hard to say, but I just stared at the 6 colors of markers for 5 minutes, and this was my order of preference: 1. yellow 2. green 3. brown 4. red 5. blue 6. purple ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/8 "2004-05-18T16:35:13Z")
green ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/9 "2004-05-18T16:37:21Z")
green ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/10 "2004-05-18T16:50:45Z")
Brown ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/11 "2004-05-18T16:56:17Z")
> [@Tayr0](#): > > in the interest of market research. 😉 > > Of the following colors, which do you find the most appealing? (no, it’s not a personality test) > > 1. Red > 2. Yellow > 3. Blue > 4. Green > 5. Purple > 6. Brown > > Thanks in advance! Green and esp. dark green have always been my colors. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/12 "2004-05-18T16:59:10Z")
Green ---
**Author:** ![Anaxagoras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anaxagoras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaxagoras)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/13 "2004-05-18T16:59:53Z")
Purple ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/14 "2004-05-18T17:03:25Z")
I’m all about the blue. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/15 "2004-05-18T17:33:08Z")
Red. Am I the only one? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/16 "2004-05-18T17:38:12Z")
Blue \> Green \> Red \> Purple \> Yellow \> Brown It really depends on the shades though. If it were forest green or maroon, they’d possibly be ranked as equal to blue. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/17 "2004-05-18T17:41:30Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > Red. > > Am I the only one? No. Red for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/18 "2004-05-18T17:41:52Z")
Yellow then Blue ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/19 "2004-05-18T17:46:36Z")
I’m gonna say red; however, there are myriad caveats to go along with it. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/20 "2004-05-18T17:52:53Z")
Blue, then green. This is assuming a straight Crayola “blue” and “green”, not some powder blue, teal, sea foam or whatever other wacky colors. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794.md?page=2)