# It's not easy being green **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643 "2013-09-25T14:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/1 "2013-09-25T14:48:14Z")
If you could press a button that would turn everyone in the world the exact same shade of green, would you push it? If yes, what shade? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/2 "2013-09-25T14:55:48Z")
I would push the button, and I think [jade](http://www.green-neckties.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/shades-of-green1.jpg) would be a nice shade to go with. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/3 "2013-09-25T14:58:48Z")
Ok guys, \*\*Czarcasm \*\*is officially out of thread ideas. Time to close up shop. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/4 "2013-09-25T15:02:55Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Ok guys, \*\*Czarcasm \*\*is officially out of thread ideas. Time to close up shop. Not really, but thanks for not playing. It’s a way to discuss whether having everyone be the same color would solve problems or create more problems, and by picking green I avoid using any colors that people might already prefer due to environment. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/5 "2013-09-25T15:07:52Z")
I don’t know. I love my caramel skin. While I think the girl in the Star Trek movie had a lovely skin tone, I like all of the beautiful variety in the world. It would prevent discrimination on the basis of skin color, but I’m sure we’d find some other reason to hate each other. If I did, though, that Islamic green on the color chart you linked to (thank you!) would be lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/6 "2013-09-25T15:17:15Z")
Probably not. Green’s not my favorite color to begin with and I don’t expect it would even come close to making a dent in discrimination. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/7 "2013-09-25T15:19:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Not really, but thanks for not playing. It’s a way to discuss whether having everyone be the same color would solve problems or create more problems, and by picking green I avoid using any colors that people might already prefer due to environment. Wow. You know, this didn’t even occur to me. My thought pattern was, “Green, yuck! That’s my least favorite color. I wouldn’t want to be green, nor would I want to look at a bunch of green people.” The idea that we would all be the same color never entered my mind. That said, even if you picked a lovely shade of pink (my favorite color, which is fortunate, because it’s basically the color I am already), I still wouldn’t want to make everyone the same color. Diversity makes us beautiful, and the people who discriminate based on color would just find some other difference to use as a divider. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/8 "2013-09-25T15:29:30Z")
is this just a skin pigment or would it be something otherwise useful like a chloroplast? ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/9 "2013-09-25T15:34:25Z")
I’m going to be honest: I thought that the question was asking about every_thing_ in the world. Now that I’ve read it - still no. People would still be prejudiced against other identifiers, and I like variety in a crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/10 "2013-09-25T15:37:42Z")
I voted no. I like variety. Besides, if everyone was the same color, people would have no problem finding other arbitrary means of separating each other. My cite? _The Sneetches_, by Dr. Seuss. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/11 "2013-09-25T15:39:58Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > is this just a skin pigment or would it be something otherwise useful like a chloroplast? Just skin pigment. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/12 "2013-09-25T15:43:28Z")
Orion Green would seem to be the obvious choice of shade. But I don’t think it would solve any problems. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/13 "2013-09-25T15:45:40Z")
I’d do it, because it would amuse me. From your chart, I’d pick aspasagus, camouflage, celadon, moss (which looks nothing like moss), or tea green. And what’s up with “pigment green?” Isn’t everything pigment colored? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/14 "2013-09-25T15:46:38Z")
It would cut down on “driving while black” police stops. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/15 "2013-09-25T15:47:26Z")
I thought this was going to be about recycling and fossil fuels. Push a button and trash is automatically sorted and cars are running on water. I like green, just the plain green, like the color of grass. Green would be no fun without other colors, if everything was green there would be no concept of green. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/16 "2013-09-25T15:53:06Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > I’d do it, because it would amuse me. From your chart, I’d pick aspasagus, camouflage, celadon, moss (which looks nothing like moss), or tea green. And what’s up with “pigment green?” Isn’t everything pigment colored? BTW, you don’t have to use my chart to pick your shade from-for instance, [Playdoh Green.](http://www.babyearth.com/images/images_big/10-8940-01d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/17 "2013-09-25T15:54:10Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I thought this was going to be about recycling and fossil fuels. > > Push a button and trash is automatically sorted and cars are running on water. > > I like green, just the plain green, like the color of grass. Green would be no fun without other colors, if everything was green there would be no concept of green. Not everything-just people. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/18 "2013-09-25T15:54:37Z")
No. Not really into green dudes. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/19 "2013-09-25T16:01:01Z")
Nope. Unless I’m misinformed there’s a reason for skin pigmentation regarding tolerance of the sun and its heat and glare. While that’s no longer a factor in first world countries, it most probably is in some third world nations. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/20 "2013-09-25T16:03:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It would cut down on “driving while black” police stops. Wouldn’t cut down on “pulled over for matching profile” though. Just shift the criteria away from skin tone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643.md?page=2)