# The colour of crap **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915 "2005-12-09T18:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/61 "2005-12-11T21:42:47Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I thought this thread was going to be about Hildi St. Thomos and Doug Wilson’s decorating styles. > > 😃 > > They seem to very frequently state that a white room needs “color” and then proceed to paint the walls some color resembling bodily fluids. Baby poop yellow. Diarhea brown…bile green. And then “decorate” to match. Wow, that’s fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/62 "2005-12-11T22:10:08Z")
Sneezy5660 Woo-Hoo! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/63 "2005-12-11T22:12:31Z")
This is my color ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/64 "2005-12-11T23:52:16Z")
Archite ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/65 "2005-12-11T23:55:15Z")
A Ar Arc Arch Archi Archit Archite Architect ArchitectC ArchitectCh ArchitectCho ArchitectChor ArchitectChore ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/66 "2005-12-12T00:50:51Z")
Bites When Provoked. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MRirian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@MRirian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MRirian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/67 "2005-12-12T01:58:47Z")
sunshine strawberry cherry apple Is there supposed to be a method to this? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/68 "2005-12-12T02:23:39Z")
silenus Seems I’m green with envy. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/69 "2005-12-12T03:02:40Z")
I haven’t figured out how this hasn’t been moved to the practic forum. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/70 "2005-12-12T06:31:48Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hmm… > [colour=fnord]fnord[/colour] > [colour=ftaghn]ftaghn[/colour] > [colour=sowhat]sowhat[/colour] [colour=adhemar]sowhat[/color] ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/71 "2005-12-12T06:33:11Z")
adhemar how cool is this ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/72 "2005-12-12T06:56:58Z")
bambi hassenpfeffer bambi hassenpfeffer bab aefeffe bab aefeffe I have no idea how it decides which letters it decides to read as digits. I dropped all the letters that aren’t hex digits, and the colors changed completely. Further experimentation is warranted. I think it must be the last 6, because “bab aefeffe” and “aefeffe” came out the same. Let’s swap the order: aefeffe bab OK, yeah, the last 6. Let’s see about dropped letters. How about “bambi” becoming “ba0b00”: ba0b00 == bambi I tried moving on to see how it turns “hassenpfeffer” into a color, but I was unsuccessful. More investigation later. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/73 "2005-12-12T08:11:25Z")
tamryne mmh… blue. My name has such an unoriginal color! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/74 "2005-12-12T08:26:48Z")
I am this color Not too interestin of a color. I prefer this one. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/75 "2005-12-12T10:10:51Z")
This could lead to some very interesting posting tricks ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/76 "2005-12-12T12:02:19Z")
Tomcat Tcat Wifecat Kidcat ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/77 "2005-12-12T19:30:57Z")
dwc1970 Not quite the color I was hoping for. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/78 "2005-12-12T19:57:35Z")
**TheFaerie** Let’s see what this comes out as… ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-crap/334915/79 "2005-12-12T20:19:44Z")
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