# Get a color, give a title using it Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522 "2010-01-03T18:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/1 "2010-01-03T18:27:57Z")
The poster names a color, and the respondent gives the title of an artistic work (book, song, film, whatever) using it, then gives another color. To start with an easy one: The Color Purple Next up: Red ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/2 "2010-01-03T19:16:55Z")
Red Dragon Next up: Blue ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/3 "2010-01-03T19:19:27Z")
Perfect Blue Next Up: Teal ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/4 "2010-01-03T19:31:02Z")
This is probably cheating, but the Big Steal. Black ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/5 "2010-01-03T19:38:01Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > This is probably cheating, but the Big Steal. It’d be allowed if this was _Jeopardy!_ so I think it’s okay. > [@](#): > > Black The Black Dahlia (the Ellroy novel) Pink ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/6 "2010-01-03T20:11:51Z")
The Pink Panther. Maroon. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/7 "2010-01-03T20:24:23Z")
Here’s a bunch, just to save time: [ul] [li]_[The Deep Blue Good-by](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_Blue_Good-by)_ (1964)[/li][li]_[Nightmare in Pink](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_in_Pink)_ (1964)[/li][li]_[A Purple Place for Dying](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Purple_Place_for_Dying)_ (1964)[/li][li]_[The Quick Red Fox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quick_Red_Fox)_ (1964)[/li][li]_[A Deadly Shade of Gold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deadly_Shade_of_Gold)_ (1965)[/li][li]_[Bright Orange for the Shroud](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Orange_for_the_Shroud)_ (1965)[/li][li]_[Darker than Amber](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darker_than_Amber)_ (1966)[/li][li]_[One Fearful Yellow Eye](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Fearful_Yellow_Eye)_ (1966)[/li][li]_[Pale Gray for Guilt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Gray_for_Guilt)_ (1968)[/li][li]_[The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_in_the_Plain_Brown_Wrapper)_ (1968)[/li][li]_[Dress Her in Indigo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress_Her_in_Indigo)_ (1969)[/li][li]_[The Long Lavender Look](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Lavender_Look)_ (1970)[/li][li]_[A Tan and Sandy Silence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tan_and_Sandy_Silence)_ (1971)[/li][li]_[The Scarlet Ruse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Ruse)_ (1972)[/li][li]_[The Turquoise Lament](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turquoise_Lament)_ (1973)[/li][li]_[The Dreadful Lemon Sky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreadful_Lemon_Sky)_ (1974)[/li][li]_[The Empty Copper Sea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empty_Copper_Sea)_ (1978)[/li][li]_[The Green Ripper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Ripper)_ (1979)[/li][li]_[Free Fall in Crimson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Fall_in_Crimson)_ (1981)[/li][li]_[Cinnamon Skin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_Skin)_ (1982)[/li][li]_[The Lonely Silver Rain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely_Silver_Rain)_ (1984)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/8 "2010-01-04T15:30:30Z")
No offense, but doesn’t that kind of defeat the point of the game? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/9 "2010-01-04T15:59:39Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > No offense, but doesn’t that kind of defeat the point of the game? But think of all the time we saved! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/10 "2010-01-04T16:23:05Z")
I get the feeling that **BrotherCadfael** ’s response is the kind we’d get if we were playing this game with Data. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/11 "2010-01-04T16:28:04Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > The Pink Panther. > > Maroon. Since Brother Cadfael didn’t actually answer this one: _Marooned in Realtime_ (book by Vernor Vinge) Fuchsia (most weirdly-spelled color ever?) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/12 "2010-01-04T16:49:33Z")
[Back to the Fuchsia](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385481/). Plaid. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/13 "2010-01-04T16:51:43Z")
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid. Chartreuse. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/14 "2010-01-04T17:58:09Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid. > > Chartreuse. [La Chartreuse de Parme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charterhouse_of_Parma) (what ? So it’s not called that way in English. Faites moi un procès.) Aquamarine ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/15 "2010-01-04T18:21:14Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Aquamarine [Aquamarine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429591/) Lime ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/16 "2010-01-04T19:27:24Z")
[_Lime Street_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_Street) Mauve ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/17 "2010-01-04T23:47:53Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [_Lime Street_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_Street) > > Mauve What is it with the French and colorful…colors? [Un Taxi Mauve](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076851/) Cerulean ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/18 "2010-01-05T01:00:57Z")
Sorry, guys, but I just had to do it… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/19 "2010-01-06T16:57:44Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Cerulean Grr… As spoken by Inspector Clouseau, “The Ruling Class” would work. Orange. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522/20 "2010-01-06T17:16:48Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Orange. Orange County Next Crimson [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-color-give-a-title-using-it-game/523522.md?page=2)