# The "violets are blue" fallacy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770 "2009-05-17T19:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770/41 "2009-05-19T22:00:31Z")
Didn’t Geroge Carlin, do a bit about “Why is there no blue food…” “I know what you’re thinking ‘blueberries.’ Blue on the vine purple on your plate.” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770/42 "2009-05-19T22:18:25Z")
I have the same problem as the OP except for me everything is pink. I don’t care for very many pink flowers and it seems everything advertised as blue, purple or red ends up being mostly pink. And don’t get me started and plants that come in a variety of colors, only one of which is pink. They’ll all fricking turn out pink. The worst sinners are the major plant catalogues that photoshop the hell out of their flowers so they look like the most amazing blues & purples & lavenders & reds but they’re really hawking their pink flowers. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770/43 "2009-05-20T00:51:00Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770/44 "2009-05-20T01:35:48Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > But then again, lavender’s green. Yeah, right. And when you’re king, I’ll be queen. :rolleyes: Like we’re gonna have King **Gigi**. 🙂 Caryopteris sp. are wonderfully blue. They bloom in late summer, when just about everything else has pooped out. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770/45 "2009-05-20T15:42:51Z")
In_The Victory Garden_ James Crockett quoted some other famous gardener about flower color. Most flower colors, she said, were coaxed and wheedled from an original purple or yellow. She talked about “Garden of Eden purple.” Often, the new color strains of the plant are not as sturdy or vigorous as the original. After losing two or three white or pink lilacs, you can revert to the old-fashioned purple, which will live forever. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770/46 "2009-05-20T21:33:24Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > In_The Victory Garden_ She talked about “Garden of Eden purple.” Often, the new color strains of the plant are not as sturdy or vigorous as the original. I’ve heard that expression, too, and I think of it every year at this time when the sweet rocket is in bloom along the roadsides. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-violets-are-blue-fallacy/496770.md?page=2)