# How many other "(Color) Collar" job terms are there?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 25, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981 "2003-03-25T07:15:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/1 "2003-03-25T07:15:59Z")

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We’ve all heard the terms “White Collar” and “Blue Collar” used to describe fields of employment, but I was wondering how many other, lesser known, “(Color) Collar” terms there are? My mother once heard the term “Pink Collar” used to describe secretarial-type jobs, due to the perception that most employees in that field were women (This was about 25 years ago.) But has anyone else heard of any other “Collar” terms?  
Well, Thanks for your patience,  
Ranchoth

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/2 "2003-03-25T07:47:31Z")

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Redneck is quite similar to blue collar. Does that count?

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/3 "2003-03-25T08:18:49Z")

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Roman collar (Priests).

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/4 "2003-03-25T08:47:04Z")

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Steel collar = robots

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/5 "2003-03-25T10:41:34Z")

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black = religious  
pink = sexual (at least in Japan)

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/6 "2003-03-25T12:31:21Z")

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Yellow collar = the great unwashed.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/7 "2003-03-25T14:06:27Z")

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The only one that seems to be in regular use is pink collar, although I’ve heard black collar a few times.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/8 "2003-03-25T14:26:20Z")

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I’ve heard open collar to describe tech workers.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-color-collar-job-terms-are-there/163981/9 "2003-03-25T16:14:43Z")

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First-time collar–talk radio jobs.

Stand-up collar–Elvis impersonators

Rhinestone collar–Dog groomers