# Describe This Color In One Word **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/21 "2008-10-17T17:39:02Z")
Hideous ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/22 "2008-10-17T17:40:41Z")
Mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/23 "2008-10-17T17:45:30Z")
Babyfood, if I can claim that’s one word. Like, strained-peas-&-beef-horror baby food. Or, yeah, puke. Mustard. Babyshit. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/24 "2008-10-17T17:46:42Z")
Bile. ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/25 "2008-10-17T17:56:31Z")
Gasp …which usually is followed by, ‘how can such a sweet lil thing (baby) produce something so gross looking?’ ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/26 "2008-10-17T17:57:30Z")
Mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/27 "2008-10-17T17:57:44Z")
> [@BrknButterfly](#): > > Liquid poo. > > ETA: One word: Cha-chas How about diarrhea? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/28 "2008-10-17T17:58:08Z")
Maize. Like, the Crayola color. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/29 "2008-10-17T18:04:29Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > We used to call that color baby shit brown back in my grade school. Dammit! I was going to say that. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/30 "2008-10-17T18:05:58Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > How about diarrhea? Bingo! That’s the one I was thinking of. That’s the color we’re using for the hallway trim and doors throughout a good portion of our house – and I hate it. Actually, let me rephrase…I hate it in large doses, like on a door. It looks very nice on the trim – it compliments the walls and carpet nicely. Hmmm…maybe if we use this on the trim and go with a darker, less “anally extruded” color on the doors? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/31 "2008-10-17T18:06:03Z")
The first thing I thought if is pumpkin. Not deep orange in a patch pumpkin, but like maybe pumpkin soup(?) ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/32 "2008-10-17T18:12:57Z")
Vomit. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/33 "2008-10-17T18:18:54Z")
It does remind me, in a horrible way, of how everything architectural in the 70’s was one of the following colors: Babypoo Babybarf Dogbarf Bloodystool Rancidguacamole What the hell was up with that decade? Was all this just a severe abdominal-distress rebellion against the 1950s skyblue, limegreen, and tangerine colors? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/34 "2008-10-17T18:20:19Z")
Poop. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/35 "2008-10-17T18:54:17Z")
That’s a color my mother used to refer to as “shit-brindle brown.” Ugh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/36 "2008-10-17T19:40:44Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > It does remind me, in a horrible way, of how everything architectural in the 70’s was one of the following colors: > > Babypoo > Babybarf > Dogbarf > Bloodystool > Rancidguacamole > > What the hell was up with that decade? Was all this just a severe abdominal-distress rebellion against the 1950s skyblue, limegreen, and tangerine colors? I thought of [my dad’s kitchen](http://www.flickr.com/photos/missmossie/2141892771/), which was last decorated in the seventies. The cupboards and floor are both that color. I kind of like it. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/37 "2008-10-17T19:51:04Z")
Mustardy. And that was me being generous. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/38 "2008-10-17T20:00:26Z")
Bilious. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/39 "2008-10-17T20:01:32Z")
1970’s. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/40 "2008-10-17T20:03:38Z")
Babyshit. (And I was careful not to scroll down before clicking.) Second: diarrhea. Third: _tobacco_ stained walls, trim, ceiling and lungs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391.md?page=3)