# What color is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878 "2024-05-21T16:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/61 "2024-05-22T17:03:39Z")
They are not really green, but rather a creamy shade of olive. But they are more like green than anything else. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/62 "2024-05-22T17:28:38Z")
I’d say beige. Our new house came with interior painted some sort of grey. To me it looks light tan. But when I put the paint chip up against the wall they match perfectly. Something about LCD lighting? A popular YouTuber built a house recently and used the exact same shade. I wonder what they see? **Mrs. FtG** is slightly color blind. She thinks the walls are green. So she would likely also say a tinge of green here. (Her father was seriously colorblind. He once bought a red car since he wanted a car the same color as grass.) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/63 "2024-05-22T17:54:46Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > . Something about LCD lighting? Depends on which bulbs you buy. Nowadays light options even go beyond the cool warm and daylight choices, some even tunable. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/64 "2024-05-22T18:12:19Z")
And just the color of the light doesn’t tell you everything. The color rendition index matters a lot as to how true the colors you see will be. Sunlight, and incandescent bulbs, have a perfect color rendition index. They have some light at every color, and the color you see is just an overall average. But early LCDs only generated light at a few wavelengths. Which means items that mostly reflect light at different wavelengths look funny, or dull. Newer LCDs can be much better, and some approach sunlight in quality. But it’s worth checking. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/65 "2024-05-22T18:17:31Z")
Light khaki. ---
**Author:** ![Allthegood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Allthegood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allthegood)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/66 "2024-05-23T06:40:14Z")
Putty. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/67 "2024-05-23T20:27:18Z")
Definitely some shade of beige to me. Even if they do have a hint of green to them, (which I don’t see) I don’t think I ever refer to anything so subtly-colored as “green.” I’d reserve that for something that is obviously green. I’d add a descriptor, like maybe the khaki-ish green doors. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/68 "2024-05-23T20:51:30Z")
I have decided _Lichen_ is the color we’re hunting. Me and @kayaker GF are correct. Green it is. 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/69 "2024-05-24T04:37:45Z")
ObAnecdote: My dad had a jacket that he thought was green and my mom thought was grey (or vice versa). They bickered (cheerfully) about it for years. Then one day the dry cleaner up the road had a St. Patrick’s Day special: Green items half price! So they decided to make that the deciding factor. He presented the jacket, and the owner of the shop said, “Ah, green-grey!” (but they did do it half price). Also see Berlin-Kay theory, e.g., [The surprising pattern behind color names around the world - Vox](https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/5/16/15646500/color-pattern-language) ---
**Author:** ![SlipperyPete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@SlipperyPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlipperyPete)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/70 "2024-05-24T16:08:36Z")
I’d say a dark version of cream ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/71 "2024-05-24T17:33:45Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Help settle a bet, what color are the doors? I remember that you’re in Pennsylvania. Are those metal, and are they about 60 years old? They remind me of the doors in the house of my in-laws, which are definitely beige/ivory. Strangely enough, I don’t seem to have any pictures of them. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878/72 "2024-05-25T00:23:27Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Are those metal Wood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878.md?page=3)