# tastiest color? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201 "2001-01-09T19:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![racerx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@racerx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racerx)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/1 "2001-01-09T19:59:32Z")
IMHO, red is the yummiest color. that is to say if any given food comes in a variety of flavors (presumably fruity) i always choose red, regardless of what it is suppose to taste like. this applies to M&Ms, sno cones, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/2 "2001-01-09T21:10:00Z")
Mmmmm, purple. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/3 "2001-01-10T02:39:38Z")
I like the complex variety of plaid, though ultraviolet tastes nice on a hot summer night. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/4 "2001-01-10T02:58:21Z")
Fact: for some reason, viewing warm colors (red, orange, yellow) makes people feel hungry. Note that all the fast food chains use these in their logos. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/5 "2001-01-10T03:37:26Z")
How weird. My friends and I were just the other day having a discossion on whether ot not you could taste colors. I said yes, but a few said know. We all think they are crazy. p.s. red or purple is the best ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/6 "2001-01-10T16:11:20Z")
A few of my friends were discussing fast food colors a while ago in a Burger King in the middle of the night. It also seems that the colors on the inside are made so ugly in order to get people in and out as quickly as possible. And red and purple are the best colors. But green M+M’s are the best. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/7 "2001-01-10T16:24:10Z")
I can’t taste colors, but flavors have shapes and colors for me. Sounds have shapes and colors too. ---
**Author:** ![RonA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@RonA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RonA)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/8 "2001-01-10T22:36:33Z")
Is chocolate a color? ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/9 "2001-01-11T04:26:10Z")
I’m partial to blue, especially blue Hawaiian Punch and blue raspberry blow pops. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/10 "2001-01-11T14:07:11Z")
What flavors do you associate with colors? Purple: Grapes Red: Tomatoes, cherries, apples Orange: Oranges Yellow: Bananas, lemons Green: Apple, lime, or, oddly, watermelons Blue: Blueberries, most other berries. Pink: Gum, cotton candy, watermelon Black: Licorice (yuk!) White: Uh… starch? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/11 "2001-01-11T16:24:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer \* > \*\*What flavors do you associate with colors? > > Purple: Grapes > Red: Tomatoes, cherries, apples > Orange: Oranges > Yellow: Bananas, lemons > Green: Apple, lime, or, oddly, watermelons > Blue: Blueberries, most other berries. > Pink: Gum, cotton candy, watermelon > Black: Licorice (yuk!) > White: Uh… starch? > > –Tim \*\* No, white equals vanilla and white chocolate. For me, green is kiwi and orange is melon. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-color/49201/12 "2001-01-11T16:48:53Z")
Being colorblind, they all taste the same to me. I really have nothing to say; I just felt inexplicably drawn to post in this thread. 🙂