# Ethnicity-based Band-Aid color?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicity-based-band-aid-color/541848>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicity-based-band-aid-color/541848 "2010-06-03T22:58:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicity-based-band-aid-color/541848/1 "2010-06-03T22:58:07Z")

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A comment in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564900) got me wondering… in countries where the majority of the population isn’t white, are Band-Aids different colors? (I know they make clear ones, but for the not-clear, not-Snoopy, etc. ones)

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicity-based-band-aid-color/541848/2 "2010-06-03T23:53:01Z")

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Archived thread on the topic:

[Are there “flesh” colored bandages that are not limited to caucasian skin?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-190249.html)

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnicity-based-band-aid-color/541848/3 "2010-06-04T00:52:22Z")

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Thanks!