# greenish brown semen **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089 "2004-03-24T05:22:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Faucet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faucet)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/1 "2004-03-24T05:22:07Z")
explain this somebody about 6 years ago at the age of 12 I ejaculated for the first time and my semen came out sort of a greenish color…bottomline it did not look like Semen as I know it today. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/2 "2004-03-24T05:57:07Z")
Maybe it had some urine mixed in with it. Though urine shouldn’t be green either. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/3 "2004-03-24T06:37:09Z")
If a faucet isn’t used in a while rust can form in the plumbing. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/4 "2004-03-24T20:16:46Z")
It was probably some mucus, your body’s universal lubricant. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/5 "2004-03-24T23:16:32Z")
Don’t swallow. Cyn, RN ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/6 "2004-03-24T23:52:46Z")
Actually, I can remember my first batch of ejaculate being “yellower” than subsequent samples. Take that FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/7 "2004-03-25T00:54:47Z")
Well, the color described by the OP is typical of bacterial infections. So the likely explanation follows along the following line of logic: - There are bacteria that like to inhabit warm, moist parts of our innards. - There are particular tubes and pipes that are only used for ejaculation. - These tubes generally go unused for the first 12 years of life, give or take a few. - Being left unused for so long, there were probably quite a few bacterial “squatters” who got evicted when the pipes got flushed the first time. So… now you know what “getting your pipes cleaned” really means! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/8 "2004-03-25T01:40:16Z")
You’d been putting _Miracle Grow_ on it, hadn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/9 "2004-03-25T02:39:22Z")
Maybe your balls were moldy… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/10 "2004-03-25T05:01:55Z")
_Soilant Green_ is itty bitty people! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/11 "2004-03-25T07:06:14Z")
Jeez the first time I ejaculated, I was too scared to look down afterwards. I could’ve shot out Tang for all I know. (Man I loved that stuff.) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/12 "2004-03-25T15:18:39Z")
The first few times I “fired the cannon” I felt some pain in the bladder area. I don’t recall any odd colors though. ---
**Author:** ![Robbbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@Robbbbb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robbbbb)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/13 "2004-03-25T17:03:11Z")
My first time, I didn’t notice any strange colors. However, there was a LOT of it. Made quite a mess. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/14 "2004-03-25T17:25:56Z")
You’ve single handedly managed to gross out half the posters on this board. But I supposed this kind of stuff cums with the subscription. ---
**Author:** ![Jamlad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@Jamlad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamlad)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/15 "2004-03-25T17:40:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Jeez the first time I ejaculated, I was too scared to look down afterwards. I could’ve shot out Tang for all I know. (Man I loved that stuff.) Thanks for making me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/16 "2004-03-25T21:26:09Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > (Man I loved that stuff.) Tang or ejaculate? ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/17 "2004-03-25T22:24:46Z")
> [@Robbbb](#): > > …However, there was a LOT of it. Made quite a mess. Man, she must have been pissed. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/18 "2004-03-26T15:17:36Z")
Well, if it was more brown then green, it could’ve been blood (old blood) mixed with an infection giving you a greenish/brownish color. Maybe you had an infection plus a kick in the balls weeks before? ---
**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/19 "2004-03-27T00:39:08Z")
Was it pan-fried? I read somewhere that pan-frying changes the color. ---
**Author:** ![spiro51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@spiro51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiro51)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089/20 "2004-04-17T00:44:34Z")
I remember that when I first found my special purpose, there was a vividly dark brown stain on my jockey shorts _afterward_, like divine retribution. Panic ensued, of course, but I guess I figured I was gonna die anyway, so I kept at it and it soon stopped. At least, I imagine it soon stopped, because I don’t remember a lengthy trauma. I suppose it was all cleared out. It’s not the kind of thing you remember without unease, so I’m glad others had the same experience (and haven’t had their balls spontaneously drop off at age 30 or something). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenish-brown-semen/236089.md?page=2)