# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/41 "2008-10-17T20:08:31Z")
Abomination. I’m a little biased; I’m not a fan of the yellow family for painting. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/42 "2008-10-17T20:09:33Z")
PY43 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/43 "2008-10-17T20:19:48Z")
mustard ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/44 "2008-10-17T20:22:32Z")
Poop. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/45 "2008-10-17T21:12:44Z")
I thought, 'mustard. . . no, tumeric." ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/46 "2008-10-17T21:22:41Z")
Seriously? I’m alone in saying ochre? Am I the only one who pays attention to the details on paint samples and fabric swatches? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/47 "2008-10-17T21:25:44Z")
0xac8317 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/48 "2008-10-17T21:29:01Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Seriously? I’m alone in saying ochre? Am I the only one who pays attention to the details on paint samples and fabric swatches? 😉 I’m with you, I just used a different language. PY43 is the pigment code for yellow ochre. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/49 "2008-10-17T22:46:36Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Seriously? I’m alone in saying ochre? Am I the only one who pays attention to the details on paint samples and fabric swatches? 😉 You’re not the only one saying ochre. That’s what it looks like to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/50 "2008-10-17T22:49:54Z")
“babyshit” for me too, without peeking. A friend’s mother once described my house’s color (more yellow than brown, but in the ballpark) that way, and the imagery has always stuck with me. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/51 "2008-10-17T23:02:27Z")
7.5Y 6/6, if you’re looking for a Munsell classification. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/52 "2008-10-17T23:22:19Z")
My dad would tell you that that is the color of calf scours. Sorry it’s not one word… maybe you could hyphenate it, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/53 "2008-10-18T02:07:43Z")
The phone number for my brother’s frat house spelled out “babydip.” That door is the color of babydip. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/54 "2008-10-18T03:17:00Z")
Butterscotch It’s certainly an ugly color. ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/55 "2008-10-18T03:18:50Z")
Brown with some yellow mixed in it. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/56 "2008-10-18T03:23:12Z")
Doorhea ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/57 "2008-10-18T03:24:07Z")
Another vote for Baby-Shit Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/58 "2008-10-18T04:05:30Z")
Let’s just go with “change-the-door-now!-Hal”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/59 "2008-10-18T04:21:52Z")
You guys don’t actually see it as a shade of brown, do you? To me it’s a terrible terrible yellow. Not mustard, though that came to mind, but the color goldenrod gets as it dies. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/60 "2008-10-18T18:25:46Z")
Mustard was the first thing I could name. It does seem a bit darker than French’s, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391.md?page=4)