# Lip and Nipple Color (Perhaps TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636 "2005-02-24T03:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/41 "2005-02-24T17:18:31Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > I learned a couple of years ago that a woman’s nipples will be pinkish until her first pregnancy, after which they will be brownish. Interesting stuff. Not everyone’s stay brown. I got lucky, mine went back to their normal color. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/42 "2005-02-24T17:23:16Z")
Unless your lovers _like_ big brown nips! I’ve never seen women (or men for that matter) who had lip colour matching their areolae-- one advantage of frequenting clothing optional beaches, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/43 "2005-02-24T17:31:59Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Bzzzzz. Wrong question. Correct question > > “pics?” > 😛 Hell no. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/44 "2005-02-24T17:57:18Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > What’s the straight dope on this? Do yours match? (Men **and** women feel free to reply, since I’m assuming we all have lips and nipples.) Mine basically did until I had a baby. Now they are wildly different. Don’t worry about yours, though. Trust me, a doctor would have mentioned it if yours were problematic. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/45 "2005-02-24T19:34:21Z")
_knows that if he thinks hard enough, he can parley this thread into some hot girl on girl action_ _thinking hard_ _thinking hard_ … Dang. Now I’ve made a mess. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/46 "2005-02-24T19:42:19Z")
> [@Stonebow](#): > > _knows that if he thinks hard enough, he can parley this thread into some hot girl on girl action_ > > _thinking hard_ > > _thinking hard_ > … > Dang. Now I’ve made a mess. …ew. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/47 "2005-02-24T19:42:56Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > I learned a couple of years ago that a woman’s nipples will be pinkish until her first pregnancy, after which they will be brownish. Interesting stuff. That rule is going to work a lot better for European descent women. For some other places, not so much. Maybe lighter and then darker. I’ve always supposed the darkening and thickening was a defense mechanism against gums and newly sprouted teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/48 "2005-02-24T19:43:38Z")
I’m surprise that nobody’s called out: CITE! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/49 "2005-02-24T19:56:22Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > …and am now officially a freak! Mine match, _and_ I have a freckle on my right eye. Jesus, I may need to donate my body for scientific research. **DIBS!** When can I start experimenting on your bod?\* \*I not a real scientist but I am taking an Internet course for Mad Scientist. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/50 "2005-02-24T20:43:05Z")
Mine match. Good question. I had no idea that other people’s didn’t! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/51 "2005-02-24T21:19:49Z")
I would love for my lips to be the same shade as my nipples. My lips are unusually dark for someone with fair skin, which is kind of nice because I rarely need lipstick. But if I found a lipstick to match my nipples, I’d wear it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/52 "2005-02-24T21:49:30Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > I would love for my lips to be the same shade as my nipples. My lips are unusually dark for someone with fair skin, which is kind of nice because I rarely need lipstick. But if I found a lipstick to match my nipples, I’d wear it all the time. Solution: Wear lipstick on your nipples as well. 😛 Seriously, though, what reason could you have for wanting them to match? ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/53 "2005-02-24T22:38:49Z")
Since the trend seems to be that pregnancy affects the color, I’ll add the additional info, too. I’ve had (and nursed) three children. > [@Zebra](#): > > DIBS! > > When can I start experimenting on your bod?\* > > \*I not a real scientist but I am taking an Internet course for Mad Scientist. :eek: 😃 I’ll have to route all requests for research through **Stonebow**. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/54 "2005-02-25T02:23:10Z")
My lips are pinker than my nipples, which are light brownish pink. I don’t dare ask my roommates, who are the only women close by at the moment. They already think I’m weird for non-nipple-related reasons. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/55 "2005-02-25T02:36:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I was trying to explain why I had the notion all nipples were pink. I didn’t so much mean as actually seeing, but somehow I got that idea anyway. Apparently I got that idea too, since I remember being really surprised in my sculpture class that a woman with fairly light skin had brown nipples. I knew that darker skin=brown nipples, but I was suprised how light “darker” apparently was. I’m not sure if this is a media thing, or a you-shouldn’t-use-you-as-a-ruler-for-normalicy thing. I’m not exactly sure what the OP means by “match.” Do two radically different shades of pink match? ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/56 "2005-02-27T06:06:50Z")
I’m surprised that nobody’s asked this question yet (and I know at least half of you were thinking it when you opened this thread) which lips? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/57 "2005-02-27T15:05:37Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > if I found a lipstick to match my nipples, I’d wear it all the time. Sig line. 😃 Mmmmmmmmmmmmm large dark nipples. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. 😉 In the interests of science, I just checked. My manniples are quite a few shades darker than my lips. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/58 "2005-02-27T16:25:15Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’m not exactly sure what the OP means by “match.” Do two radically different shades of pink match? I was speaking in terms of exact shade, or so close as to be indistinguishable. > [@fusoya](#): > > I’m surprised that nobody’s asked this question yet (and I know at least half of you were thinking it when you opened this thread) > which lips? Well, I would have thought that mentioning lipstick in the OP would tip off the observant, but, as always, I underestimated the depths of perviness. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/59 "2005-02-27T16:50:31Z")
I just checked- my lips are a big pinker, although not by much. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636/60 "2005-02-27T16:51:37Z")
a _bit_ pinker. A _bit_. Now if only I can learn how to type… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636.md?page=2)