# What color is your toothbrush? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566 "2000-07-04T17:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/41 "2000-07-16T19:09:35Z")
I used to not care what color my toothbrush was but since I redecorated my bathroom I am compelled to match. And the color I need? Grey. Do you know how hard it is to find a grey toothbrush? Or rather, a grey toothbrush that I like? I found one kind I liked but when I found it at the store I didn’t want to buy more than one in case it was a crappy brush. It was fine, but when I went looking for more, I couldn’t find any grey ones. Teal, purple, olive green, you name it, but not grey. My life is so hard… ---
**Author:** ![Nessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Nessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nessy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/42 "2001-01-05T19:00:34Z")
I just got a yellow one with a Happy Tooth on it from my dentist. I needed one, but the thing is so bad I still want a new one. Always forget before I go to the store. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/43 "2001-01-05T19:24:49Z")
Transluscent grey, with my dentist’s name imprinted in gold on the handle, small head Oral-B soft. I get a new one every six months, but usually buy one at three months. The last one I bought had a handle (ergo schmergo!) that was too fat to fit in the toothbrush holder by the sink. I knocked it into the toilet accidentally, fished it out, briefly considered microwaving the badness away, and pitched it. It was a teal and white colgate with bumps. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/44 "2001-01-05T19:38:58Z")
I have a SonicCare so most of its white by default. My brush has a light blue band on it. FWIW, I like the SonicCare even if it does feel weird the first couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumba_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/45 "2001-01-05T20:21:12Z")
Last time my SO purchased the new toothbrushes (is that right?) he got two identical green ones. It drove me crazy for several months. I could never be 100% sure that I was using my brush and he was using his brush. Last month I purchased two new toothbrushes. Mine is pink and his is blue. I was feeling cutesy. Besides, I don’t like anyone touching my toothbrush and I figure he wouldn’t pick up the pink one. It isn’t manly. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/46 "2001-01-06T00:46:21Z")
Mine is purple. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/47 "2001-01-06T01:33:58Z")
i like my teeth when they’re white and clean - my brush is the color of a tangerine. because the store i shop at’s small, it doesn’t bend or twist at all, just a stick of plastic with a bristly end - my toothbrush is my teeth’s best friend. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/48 "2001-01-06T01:53:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wild Card \* > \*\*Mine is natural wood color, oak I guess. Natural bristles, too, pig I guess. \*\* I used to have a wooden toothbrush, I think I got it at some discount-o-rama store. I tossed it in the compost when it was worn out; it was pretty cool. Right now I’m into [The Preserve Toothbrush](http://www.recycline.com/). You send it back to the company when you’re finished with it and they recycle the materials it to make plastic lumber. The one I’m using now it red, but coincidentally I just bought a new one today. It is happy, happy sunshiny yellow. ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/49 "2001-01-06T03:17:48Z")
I decided to go out on a limb and bought an electric one. It’s one of the cheap $5 ones you get at Wal-Mart cuz I couldn’t see spending more unless I loved it which it turns out I do. I bought a green one but my husband used it and he really slobbers all over his toothbrush so I went and got myself a reddish pink one. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/50 "2001-01-06T03:28:16Z")
My “home” toothbrush is a Reach, white on the ends with purple handgrippy thing. My “away” toothbrush, the one that I keep in my travel bag at all times, is teal. My NEW toothbrush, which I only just bought, although I don’t need it (both my Home and Away brushes are almost brand-new), is Player’s Racing Blue. As a matter of fact, that’s the only reason I bought the damn thing. I can’t NOT buy anything in Player’s Racing Blue. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/51 "2001-01-06T03:32:40Z")
Mine is white with purple, it’s cool:) ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/52 "2001-01-06T06:14:13Z")
Mine is white and green, but I don’t remember if it started out that way. ---
**Author:** ![blackmonday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@blackmonday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackmonday)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/53 "2001-10-03T02:08:52Z")
I got the dumbest toothbrush. It’s in 4 colors, white, gold, with a blue and purple V-sash mark. It has 2 bends in it, and seems really hard to hold. (What happened to plain sticks with a few bristles on the end 😕) ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/54 "2001-10-03T04:49:52Z")
Mine is white, with blue rubber strips going up it. I’m not really picky on how I choose one, so next time its sure to be different. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566/55 "2002-03-21T04:29:12Z")
Mine is a blue Reach toothbrush. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-toothbrush/24566.md?page=2)