# What color is your username?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649 "2002-05-18T01:23:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 31

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**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/601 "2004-10-15T15:54:48Z")

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nocturnal\_tick  
::checks preview::

::squints really hard to see it::

meh.

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**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/602 "2004-10-15T16:52:01Z")

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Greathouse

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/603 "2004-10-15T17:16:00Z")

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> [@Echo9er](#):
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> echo9er

Hey, this dude cheated.

It would be like me going Trunk.

When in fact the truth is Trunk.  
.  
.  
.

Actually, that was a lie, too. It’s really Trunk.

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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/604 "2004-10-15T17:41:14Z")

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Ghanima  
Bo-ring.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/605 "2004-10-15T17:48:59Z")

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your name here

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/606 "2004-10-15T17:50:14Z")

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**WAKE UP Lobsang!**

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/607 "2004-10-15T18:11:36Z")

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trunk

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/608 "2004-10-15T18:13:01Z")

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that one was the true color. I didn’t mean to submit so soon.

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/609 "2004-10-15T18:14:31Z")

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Most of these don’t work in Firefox .

Bruce\_Daddy

On preview, nope!

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/610 "2004-10-15T18:16:38Z")

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> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#):
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> Most of these don’t work in Firefox .
> 
> Bruce\_Daddy
> 
> On preview, nope!

It’s similar to the thread background colour.

p.s. FYI ‘coffee’ is even closer the thread background colour, but the mods don’t like this method of hiding text.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/611 "2004-10-15T18:27:27Z")

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Colophon

_hits preview_

Not bad. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/612 "2004-10-15T18:32:28Z")

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AnnieXmas

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/613 "2004-10-15T18:33:50Z")

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What the hey…

Hal Briston

Meh…s’ok, I guess.

Hmm…does this work for anything else?

Hal Briston

Hal Briston

Hmm…nope…neither Font nor Size. Ahh well. No pioneering for me today.

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**Author:** ![Elvez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Elvez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvez)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/614 "2004-10-15T18:37:17Z")

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> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#):
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> Most of these don’t work in Firefox .
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> Bruce\_Daddy
> 
> On preview, nope!

Ah, that explains a bit. I was wondering how 12 pages of people didn’t notice that their names were all still blue.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/615 "2004-10-15T18:37:26Z")

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[penis enlarge]Lobsang[/penis enlarge]

dam!

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/616 "2004-10-15T18:39:20Z")

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Chefguy

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/617 "2004-10-15T18:40:22Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Chefguy

Wow! The color of fresh basil!

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**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/618 "2004-10-15T18:58:04Z")

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furt

And my real name …

eric

oooo, creepy. Like it knows who I am and I can’t fool it.

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**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/619 "2004-10-15T19:40:58Z")

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USER NAME:  
N. Sane  
(Note that I had to dink with the coding, because it didn’t like the period in my user name.)

REAL NAME:  
Faith

So do I have multiple personality disorder?

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**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-username/109649/620 "2004-10-15T19:52:44Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Wow! The color of fresh basil!

That is NOT any color of basil I have ever seen. Unless it is sick basil.

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