# Things that are just the wrong color **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870 "2017-10-03T14:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/21 "2017-10-03T18:59:01Z")
[Circus peanuts, in any color](https://www.candynation.com/circus-peanuts-assorted?gclid=CjwKCAjw6szOBRAFEiwAwzixBdc7fCBsvoZLK7d0qqERKpJA7Gqd0z11BA4NQGLEwYcgYIyCZioHNBoCNNQQAvD_BwE) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/22 "2017-10-03T19:05:51Z")
Someone in my town owns and drives around in a beige Ferrari. I am not sure why anyone would make a high end sports car in such a bland color. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/23 "2017-10-03T20:11:13Z")
The bathroom in my house used to be Pepto Bismol pink. You can see some bits of it where they didn’t do a good job painting around the medicine cabinet. The current color is a barely tolerable Band-Aid pink. The thing that really boggles my mind is imagining the former owners standing in that glaring Pepto hell and saying, “Perhaps just a different\* shade\*.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/24 "2017-10-03T20:22:43Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > [Circus peanuts, in any color](https://www.candynation.com/circus-peanuts-assorted?gclid=CjwKCAjw6szOBRAFEiwAwzixBdc7fCBsvoZLK7d0qqERKpJA7Gqd0z11BA4NQGLEwYcgYIyCZioHNBoCNNQQAvD_BwE) Even more alarming is that they are $4.79 a pound. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/25 "2017-10-03T21:40:54Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > White is a shit color for a motorcycle. And cars (IMHO, YMMV). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/26 "2017-10-03T22:01:06Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > And cars (IMHO, YMMV). No, I agree. I’ve got a bunch of 'em, but I agree. My e30 X-drive is white, and I only tolerate it because I drive it in the snow. That, and how often do you see e30 X-drives on the market? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/27 "2017-10-03T23:13:14Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > And cars (IMHO, YMMV). Here in Sacramento, where summer temperatures get up to 115 degrees, white is the dominant color. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/28 "2017-10-03T23:22:07Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > And cars (IMHO, YMMV). Grey is worse. Whoever decided “just the same colour as the road” was a great colour for a box moving at 60kph? Everyone who’s selling a second-hand-car in my neighborhood, that’s who :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/29 "2017-10-04T00:01:06Z")
Red blackberries are white when they’re green. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/30 "2017-10-04T00:30:43Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > Someone in my town owns and drives around in a beige Ferrari. I am not sure why anyone would make a high end sports car in such a bland color. [Like this](http://www.madwhips.com/photo/15633/white-and-tan-ferrari-f430-6)? I think it looks rather classy. My only problem with white cars is that they’re hard to keep clean. Or I should say, hard to keep _looking_ clean. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/31 "2017-10-04T05:24:36Z")
Them ugly monkeys that have the red ass. ( I ain’t looking it up ) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/32 "2017-10-04T06:26:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Them ugly monkeys that have the red ass. ( I ain’t looking it up ) Monkeys with red ass? How about monkeys with [blue balls?](http://www.maryanningsrevenge.com/2014/02/14-days-of-genitals-day-5-blue-balls-to.html) Yep, nature’s a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/33 "2017-10-04T07:39:22Z")
Yellow is my favorite urinal cake flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/34 "2017-10-04T09:20:13Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > White is a shit color for a motorcycle. I dunno - it’s OK if the bike is really expensive. Like, a white BMW is fine, inasmuch as a German motorcycle _can_ be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/35 "2017-10-04T09:49:01Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > White is a shit color for a motorcycle. > [@Jennshark](#): > > And cars (IMHO, YMMV). > [@Gatopescado](#): > > No, I agree. I’ve got a bunch of 'em, but I agree. > > My e30 X-drive is white, and I only tolerate it because I drive it in the snow. That, and how often do you see e30 X-drives on the market? > [@Aspidistra](#): > > Grey is worse. Whoever decided “just the same colour as the road” was a great colour for a box moving at 60kph? Everyone who’s selling a second-hand-car in my neighborhood, that’s who :smack: I go by the old international racing colors. White is permissible on Japanese cars (with a red circle on the hood), American cars (with blue stripes), and German cars before 1934. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/36 "2017-10-04T12:24:19Z")
Pretty sure white has been the dominant car color (in America at least) for some time. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/37 "2017-10-04T13:31:56Z")
White chocolate. 'Nuf said. Those baby-poop yellowish civilian Humvees. Didn’t anybody picking this color ever change the diaper of a nursing baby? ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/38 "2017-10-04T13:52:34Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Pretty sure white has been the dominant car color (in America at least) for some time. Not around here. Every possible shade of ‘pearlized’ grey. When we went car shopping, the available colors on the lot were blue-grey, green-gray, silver-grey, and just grey. Brown-grey was also available at the next lot. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/39 "2017-10-04T14:40:17Z")
> [@misling](#): > > Not around here. Every possible shade of ‘pearlized’ grey. When we went car shopping, the available colors on the lot were blue-grey, green-gray, silver-grey, and just grey. Brown-grey was also available at the next lot. These are appropriate car colors. White is for washers, dryers and refrigerators. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870/40 "2017-10-04T15:36:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > These are appropriate car colors. White is for washers, dryers and refrigerators. This is the EXACT thing I strolled in to post. White cars look like mobile kitchen appliances to me. Of course, if I got a great deal on an M-Series or other wonderful car that was white I wouldn’t hesitate to take it! I’ve had several white cars in the past when it was more about what I could afford, not my exact likes. I think my black cars show a lot more dirt than do white cars (not scientifically proven, but I do need to take the car kids in for a wash a few times a month to keep them purty – I don’t recall having to do this with my white vehicles). My dream car color is deep, rich burgundy; I recently sold my deep burgundy Cherokee. Unfortunately, BMW doesn’t seem to make many burgundy cars in the Series I can afford. Okay, back on thread track: non-yellow pencils bug me. It just ain’t right . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-just-the-wrong-color/797870.md?page=3)