# Hot Topic's Bad Mood Rings **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179 "2004-06-07T21:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/1 "2004-06-07T21:30:17Z")
I bought one of these rings the other day, and watching it change colors is all funky but…I haven’t a clue what the colors mean. The ring never came with descriptions on the colors and moods. So I was wondering if any of the Dopers knew what all the main colors mean. I am normaly blue or purple, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/2 "2004-06-07T21:57:31Z")
[http://www.moodjewelry.com/chart.html](http://www.moodjewelry.com/chart.html) [http://www.globalmarketstore.com/moodrings1.html](http://www.globalmarketstore.com/moodrings1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/3 "2004-06-08T00:12:08Z")
Or, if you want to be a spoilsport about the whole thing, black means that your body temperature is low, and blue means it’s warm. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/4 "2004-06-08T00:30:31Z")
Pshhhh…Oh wait! That means I’m ALWAYS hot. 24/7 hotness. 🆒 Oh yes. No autographs please. 🆒 I’m hot. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/5 "2004-06-08T10:45:03Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Or, if you want to be a spoilsport about the whole thing, black means that your body temperature is low, and blue means it’s warm. You mean those rings _arn’t_ genuine?! :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/6 "2004-06-08T12:04:47Z")
And never put it in the freezer unless you want to look like you are wearing a cheap onyx ring. The ring turns black and never changes color again. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/7 "2004-06-08T12:14:22Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > Pshhhh…Oh wait! That means I’m ALWAYS hot. 24/7 hotness. 🆒 Oh yes. No autographs please. 🆒 I’m hot. Well, **yeah**. What else would you expect from a **flaming** banana? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/8 "2004-06-08T15:13:41Z")
> [@screech-owl](#): > > And never put it in the freezer unless you want to look like you are wearing a cheap onyx ring. The ring turns black and never changes color again. And never let your mother iron your Global HyperColor t-shirt on the hottest setting. I _loved_ that shirt… \ … and now it’s always blue. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/9 "2004-06-08T15:21:43Z")
> [@slortar](#): > > Well, **yeah**. What else would you expect from a **flaming** banana? Oh yes. I’m FLAMING! Man I’m awesome… ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/10 "2004-06-08T16:18:28Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > And never let your mother iron your Global HyperColor t-shirt on the hottest setting. I _loved_ that shirt… \ … and now it’s always blue. Interesting. I’ve never heard of these. Shirts that change color? The whole shirt or just the decal? Acitvated by body heat or sunlight? Sweat? I’ve seen some shirts that look like the decal is washed out, almost like one of those kid’s paint-with-water coloring books where the colors ‘magically’ appear when you dab the picture with a wet paintbrush. Is it like that? And where can I find these? screech “I miss out on everything trendy” -owl ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/11 "2004-06-08T17:26:53Z")
> [@screech-owl](#): > > Interesting. I’ve never heard of these. Shirts that change color? The whole shirt or just the decal? Acitvated by body heat or sunlight? Sweat? > > I’ve seen some shirts that look like the decal is washed out, almost like one of those kid’s paint-with-water coloring books where the colors ‘magically’ appear when you dab the picture with a wet paintbrush. Is it like that? And where can I find these? > > screech “I miss out on everything trendy” -owl Dudette… You’ve never heard of Global Hypercolor? They were all the rage in the 80’s in the UK, but I’m pretty sure they were big over here too. They were Australian, originally. It was a buncha t-shirts that just said “GLOBAL HYPERCOLOUR” and probably something else that came in some weird neon or pastel colors. When you got hot, or it was hot out, they changed to… other weird neon or pastel colors. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/12 "2004-06-08T17:58:49Z")
Ahhh, Hypercolor T-Shirts! I loved those! The funny thing was that sometimes you’d see just someone’s armpits change color. So here they’d have this light blue shirt, and WHAM, he had yellow/pink/green pits. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/13 "2004-06-08T20:51:14Z")
'Course, when hypercolour was still cool I was young enough not to be sweaty (and I lived in England, so there was no sweating to do) so that was never a problem for _me_. Does anyone know if they’re still making those shirts? I have a massive attack of clothing nostalgia today- I even went looking for my old “United Colours of Benetton” shirt… ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/14 "2004-06-08T21:22:41Z")
You know, my husband got me one of those rings to help him keep track of my moods (he said). It does work. When I’m in a good mood, the ring turns green. When I’m in a bad mood, it leaves a big red mark right in the middle of his forehead. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/15 "2004-06-08T21:23:19Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > 'Course, when hypercolour was still cool I was young enough not to be sweaty (and I lived in England, so there was no sweating to do) so that was never a problem for _me_. > > Does anyone know if they’re still making those shirts? I have a massive attack of clothing nostalgia today- I even went looking for my old “United Colours of Benetton” shirt… I’ve seen those t-shirts so they must still be made. (I’m too young to remember when they were popular in the 80s. I was born in 85) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/16 "2004-06-08T21:28:53Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > I’ve seen those t-shirts so they must still be made. (I’m too young to remember when they were popular in the 80s. I was born in 85) Er… late 80s, I should have said. I’m only three years older than you, dear. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/17 "2004-06-08T21:33:22Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > You know, my husband got me one of those rings to help him keep track of my moods (he said). It does work. When I’m in a good mood, the ring turns green. When I’m in a bad mood, it leaves a big red mark right in the middle of his forehead. _chokes on water_ ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-topics-bad-mood-rings/249179/18 "2004-06-08T21:36:08Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > Er… late 80s, I should have said. I’m only three years older than you, dear. I know. Wasn’t trying to imply you’re old! lol. It’s just 3 years is a lot at that age. You’re more likely to have memories of the late 80s. 🙂