# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/61 "2008-10-18T18:29:32Z")
Mustard. Way too yellow for any variety of puke or poo. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/62 "2008-10-18T18:43:08Z")
Mustard. My ex and his family would call this color “shit brindle”. ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/63 "2008-10-18T18:43:19Z")
> [@jali](#): > > The poo after too much gin. After laughing myself sick, I second this one. So the question begs answering…what the heck does the paint store call it? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/64 "2008-10-18T18:51:51Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > Don’t know about you, but _mine_ are pink. cite? Seriously though, I vote for mustard but I’m also curious to know what the paint store calls it. ---
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/65 "2008-10-18T21:25:23Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > cite? > > Seriously though, I vote for mustard but I’m also curious to know what the paint store calls it. Clearance mismatched paint no return $2.00, and you see it in all the slum rentals in this town. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/66 "2008-10-18T21:26:46Z")
I thought - ‘Sick’ which in Americanlish is ‘Puke’ ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/67 "2008-10-18T21:44:43Z")
Mustard Joe ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/68 "2008-10-18T21:49:50Z")
Ditto, mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/69 "2008-10-18T22:35:21Z")
I know it’s not one word, but it looks like Honey Mustard dipping sauce from Wendys to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/70 "2008-10-18T22:38:09Z")
Mustard ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/71 "2008-10-18T22:54:41Z")
Given that the majority of the responses here describe it as either mustard or some sort of poop, we designate the color “musturds.” ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/72 "2008-10-18T23:02:23Z")
Saffron? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/73 "2008-10-18T23:07:57Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > 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. Caramel. It looks like my mother’s caramel cake. ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/74 "2008-10-18T23:28:16Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Given that the majority of the responses here describe it as either mustard or some sort of poop, we designate the color “musturds.” Pure Brilliance! Well done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/75 "2008-10-18T23:32:05Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > 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. Is not (light) brown a shade of yellow? ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/76 "2008-10-19T02:01:50Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Given that the majority of the responses here describe it as either mustard or some sort of poop, we designate the color “musturds.” Yay, seconded. My first word was Bilious. It’s not often that [an unsettling color](http://www.uglymustard.com/) has it’s own band, though. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/77 "2008-10-19T03:06:11Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > 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. Without looking at the rest of the thread, we call this “baby-shit brown” Off to see how close I am. Oops that’s three words. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/78 "2008-10-19T03:52:00Z")
taupe. possibly. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/79 "2008-10-19T06:17:01Z")
Butterscotch ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-this-color-in-one-word/468391/80 "2008-10-19T10:08:31Z")
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