# Describe This Color In One Word
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 17, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391 "2008-10-17T16:17:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/1 "2008-10-17T16:17:47Z")
Just like the title says. [This color](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/doorcolor.jpg) brings one word to mind for me – I’d like to see if anyone else is thinking along the same lines.
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### Author:  [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/2 "2008-10-17T16:20:51Z")
Liquid poo.
ETA: One word: Cha-chas
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### Author:  [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/3 "2008-10-17T16:23:09Z")
I was going to say “baby shit”, but that’s two words.
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/4 "2008-10-17T16:29:19Z")
It looks like the lighting isn’t ideal in that photo, but - mustard.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/5 "2008-10-17T16:33:59Z")
Puke.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/6 "2008-10-17T16:34:12Z")
Horrible.
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### Author:  [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/7 "2008-10-17T16:34:18Z")
> [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](#):
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> I was going to say “baby shit”, but that’s two words.
I would have said “babyshit”…
Another vote for “mustard.”
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/8 "2008-10-17T16:38:01Z")
We used to call that color baby shit brown back in my grade school.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/9 "2008-10-17T16:38:26Z")
Aureolin.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/10 "2008-10-17T16:44:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#):
>
> Puke.
That was the first one that came into my mind. The second one, however, was “grandpa,” since my grandpa’s apartment had doors of similar color and shine.
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### Author:  [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/11 "2008-10-17T16:58:33Z")
babyshit.
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### Author:  [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/12 "2008-10-17T17:08:49Z")
My immediate thought was mustard.
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/13 "2008-10-17T17:09:52Z")
Mustard!
Not quite the right color for babypoo.
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### Author:  [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/14 "2008-10-17T17:13:11Z")
French’s-mustard-yellow.
One word.
Another possible word: ugly.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/15 "2008-10-17T17:13:12Z")
Ochre.
What do I win?
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### Author:  [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/16 "2008-10-17T17:15:15Z")
Britsmile.
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/17 "2008-10-17T17:20:43Z")
There’s just not quite enough "w"s in Eewwwwwwwww to describe it.
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### Author:  [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/18 "2008-10-17T17:29:17Z")
Another vote for puke.
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### Author:  [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/19 "2008-10-17T17:33:13Z")
The poo after too much gin.
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### Author:  [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/20 "2008-10-17T17:34:48Z")
> [@tdn](#):
>
> Aureolin.
Don’t know about you, but _mine_ are pink.
Linda-Blair-vomit.
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