# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/21 "2004-05-18T17:56:39Z")
Orange. Which isn’t a choice. I guess of the listed ones I would pick red, but it would have to be a bright red, not a deep one. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/22 "2004-05-18T17:59:52Z")
Actually I would prefer to see the actual colors, since normally my answer would depend on the actual shade. But with that proviso, I’ll assume felt tip marker colors and say I prefer Blue. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/23 "2004-05-18T18:07:16Z")
Green ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/24 "2004-05-18T18:21:44Z")
> [@Tusculan](#): > > Actually I would prefer to see the actual colors, since normally my answer would depend on the actual shade. But with that proviso, I’ll assume felt tip marker colors and say I prefer Blue. Here you go. Here are my rankings: 1. Blue 2. Red 3. Green 4. Yellow 5. Purple 6. Brown ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/25 "2004-05-18T18:43:02Z")
The list includes: [ul]**Purple [li]Green**[/ul][/li]so what happened to**Orange?** I’m looking out at a beautiful view which is mostly green and brown, with a blue sky and gray/white clouds. Tonight I hope there will be a red sunset. Personally I like the diversity of colors and saying \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is my favorite color is senseless. As pointed out I like the blue sky, but the same color car is just too ordinary. If I have to give an answer, I’d say red (damn it). :mad: ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/26 "2004-05-18T18:51:03Z")
Depends entirely on the shade. There’s a color of blue that beautiful, a deep and serious yet not dark blue, the blue of 1st Prize ribbons and Rocky Mountain skies; but many other shades that are dull and uninteresting and easily eclipsed by many oranges and reds and greens. ---
**Author:** ![PorkChop47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@PorkChop47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorkChop47)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/27 "2004-05-18T19:10:53Z")
I hope this isn’t a trick question. Also worth mentioning, this is my first post to the boards. 1. Blue 2. Red 3. Green 4. Purple 5. Brown 6. Yellow ---
**Author:** ![fatmac98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/28 "2004-05-18T19:34:00Z")
blue \> red \> yellow \> green \> purple \> brown ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/29 "2004-05-18T19:42:05Z")
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose. (now won’t you let me go down in my dreams?) oh, and with a preference for mixtures thereof, like teal. ---
**Author:** ![Sandlegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@Sandlegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandlegs)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/30 "2004-05-18T19:44:20Z")
Red! Like the blood that will spill from your veins if you don’t tell me what this is about! I’m just kidding…i am weak ---
**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/31 "2004-05-18T19:49:13Z")
1. Red 2. Red 3. Blue 4. Red 5. Purple 6. Red ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/32 "2004-05-18T19:54:58Z")
blue ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/33 "2004-05-18T19:55:12Z")
Can’t get enough of **red**! (Second choice would be **yellow**.) ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/34 "2004-05-18T20:14:55Z")
Blue “deep royal blue” 😕😕 What the hell is deep royal blue. Real men only know three kinds of blues. Blue, light blue and dark blue. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/35 "2004-05-18T20:45:36Z")
:: puts on fake beard :: [Deep, manly voice] Green! Why do you want to know, anyway? [/deep, manly voice] ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/36 "2004-05-18T20:49:50Z")
> [@Tayr0](#): > > Of the following colors, which do you find the most appealing? (no, it’s not a personality test) What do you mean by “appealing” ? I suppose its “favorite” color. My favorite color is Blue. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/37 "2004-05-18T21:18:41Z")
Blue here. Don’t particularly care for green, saw too much of it as a kid because it’s my mom’s favorite color. > [@Kepi](#): > > **yellow**. Ow! Turn it off! Turn it off! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/38 "2004-05-18T21:33:19Z")
_Appealing_? Since this is a market research thing I’m assuming you’re not referring to food. If this is about food then all bets are off because I don’t like colored food–can we call it “colored” any more?–I mean, food that has been colored artificially. Naturally nobody would much like non-colored food, meaning food with no color…apart from what it would look like before someone \*added \*color…but as a rule I rather enjoy food prepared by colored _people_, especially in Louisiana because, MAN! What a cooking heritage those folks have–my favorite is blackened redfish, which has always been a bit confusing to me, especially just now as I can’t really say if it would be considered red or black, because it’s really a kind of deep indigo with a hint of red, but not because of the fish, you see? I really like it. I like the moon too, but it’s not really black \*or \* red, although sometimes it looks reddish at dawn or dusk and the bits that you can’t see at night appear to be black but I know they’re just really, really dark…sorry. Ummm…for nonfood things, like, say cars…no, not cars. Because some look really cool if they’re yellow, like a Corvette, which would look cool even if were painted black with pink polkadots. How about…shirts. If we’re talking shirts I like: Blue ☹ Purple 😕 Red :mad: Brown NO BROWN SMILEY! Green 😛 Yellow :dubious: … you couldn’t pay me to wear a yellow shirt though. ---
**Author:** ![BytopianDream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@BytopianDream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BytopianDream)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/39 "2004-05-18T21:45:13Z")
Green and more green Red = Blue = Purple All the other colors in the world Brown Yellow ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794/40 "2004-05-18T21:50:03Z")
I like blue. But, I like green and red pretty much too. Especially multishaded greens in forests and rainbows fading into red at sunset. I don’t think I have a favorite color anymore. Just favorites of colors in places that I found to be beautiful, like browns and grays and greens in the cliff face on the south side of Old Rag, on a hot summer day laying on the warm rock, looking up. Tris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-men-only-please/245794.md?page=3)