# What is your favorite color? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077 "2010-03-11T03:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/21 "2010-03-11T13:43:26Z")
My very favorite color is periwinkle, which is probably why I’m so taken with the gemstone called Tanzanite. My second-favorite is teal, which is also a blended color. So I voted “Other”. I do find myself wearing a lot of black/heather gray/charcoal because it’s easy to mix and match. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/22 "2010-03-11T14:12:13Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Guess! 😃 Mmm… Same as me? Red rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/23 "2010-03-11T14:17:19Z")
> [@MitzeKatze](#): > > So far I am the only one who chose pink. I like pink a lot…almost obsessively. Almost everything I own is pink, as is a large part of my wardrobe (although today I am in blue for some reason). My living room would be decorated in shades of pink, but for my husband who wanted something more masculine, so the furniture is beige and wood grain, but I have lots of pink accents, and my bedroom (in which I have free reign since none of my husband’s friends will ever see it) is exclusively shades of pink (sheets, comforters, curtains etc.) with a few hunter green accent pieces in deference to the fact that a man shares the room with me. 🙂 > > I was in a state of almost depression waiting for my cell phone case (that I had to order) to arrive to cover the fact that my new cell phone model was unavailable in pink. For almost two weeks I carried a blue-covered phone, and although it was a pretty shade of blue, the phone never felt like it belonged to me until it was properly pink coated. > > My laptop has a pink “skin” so that no one will know it isn’t pink on its own, my desktop is solid pink (no icons visible) and my Firefox is set with a pink theme. It’s nice and I like it that way. > > The color pink just makes me happy.🙂 My hatred for pink balances your love of pink almost equally. I don’t know why. I have no objection to pink in nature (flowers, flamingoes\*) or 1960s-style hot pinks, but pink fabric, plastic, ceramics and all their ilk make me decidedly unhappy. I often wonder, if I had grown up speaking a different language where pink is just a subset of red, would I feel this way about light red? \*Though I wouldn’t have either in my garden. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/24 "2010-03-11T14:20:02Z")
I love pink. I voted purple, but my favorite color is really kind of an orchid/magenta. It’s kind of halfway between. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/25 "2010-03-11T14:22:47Z")
Sorry about black people. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/26 "2010-03-11T14:24:37Z")
I am a purple person. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/27 "2010-03-11T14:41:59Z")
Yellow. Duh! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/28 "2010-03-11T14:42:30Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > My fav colors in order: > > 1. Green > 2. Blue > 3. Black Hey, you’re me! > [@](#): > > I dislike Red. Whoops, never mind. I used to dislike red until I discovered it looks good on me. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Sorry about black people. We forgive you. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/29 "2010-03-11T15:06:31Z")
> [@BaconAndEggs](#): > > Is black a color? Some people I’ve talked to say it doesn’t count as a color. My car dealership thinks so. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/30 "2010-03-11T15:14:06Z")
Green. I’m sitting here in my green shirt, on my green chair, in my green living room. My green car is in the garage. I love green. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/31 "2010-03-11T15:24:57Z")
Not sure how anyone can have a favorite color, and for most of us I think it depends mostly on what the color is going on. For my cars, I kind of like white, red, black on the outside if they are sporty. If they are more classic and not sporty, I still like white, and then maybe silver, gray or black, but definitely not red. For one’s house, I doubt they would want their favorite color on the outside or inside of it. Furniture is also generally limited on colors too, and doubt most would want their favorite color here, I wouldn’t think. For clothes, at least with pants, it’s generally blue jeans or black, with shirts more variety. Every now and then I do see some obsessed with their favorite color. Even though blue seems to be the popular choice for guys, and pink for girls, often the most obsession I’ve seen with one particular color is with the color black with it mostly being guys. Not sure how far some go with it, but generally it’s always with wearing black every day for their clothes, and their all of their cars are also black. Some also insist on black hair, but not as much that. I still find it hard to relate to a favorite color. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/32 "2010-03-11T15:30:53Z")
What, no one’s voted for orange? Orange is my third-favorite color, after blue and green. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/33 "2010-03-11T15:40:10Z")
I voted violet/purple, but my favorite color is actually more of a [lavender](http://gardening.resourcesforattorneys.com/images/hydrangeas2.jpg) (the blue toned-lavender, not the pinky-purple one). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/34 "2010-03-11T15:52:04Z")
> [@BaconAndEggs](#): > > Is black a color? Some people I’ve talked to say it doesn’t count as a color. Of course it is. What else would you call it? ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/35 "2010-03-11T16:09:20Z")
> [@razncain](#): > > Not sure how anyone can have a favorite color, and for most of us I think it depends mostly on what the color is going on. For my cars, I kind of like white, red, black on the outside if they are sporty. If they are more classic and not sporty, I still like white, and then maybe silver, gray or black, but definitely not red. For one’s house, I doubt they would want their favorite color on the outside or inside of it. Furniture is also generally limited on colors too, and doubt most would want their favorite color here, I wouldn’t think. For clothes, at least with pants, it’s generally blue jeans or black, with shirts more variety. > > Every now and then I do see some obsessed with their favorite color. Even though blue seems to be the popular choice for guys, and pink for girls, often the most obsession I’ve seen with one particular color is with the color black with it mostly being guys. Not sure how far some go with it, but generally it’s always with wearing black every day for their clothes, and their all of their cars are also black. Some also insist on black hair, but not as much that. I still find it hard to relate to a favorite color. I don’t feel that I’m obsessed with my favorite color, I just find that if I have a choice I’ll invariably pick the object in green over the same thing in other colors. My house? Yes, the door and shutters are green, the kitchen counter is green, there is green in most of the floor tiles, and green in the predominate color in both my living room and bedroom. Why wouldn’t I pick things in a color that is pleasing to me? ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/36 "2010-03-11T16:12:00Z")
It’s interesting that many posters’ stated favorites are not exactly the basic colors listed, but blends of those hues. My favorite color changes. I voted for pink, but I’m thinking of more of a pale peach, like you might see in the sky at sunrise. I also like what might be that color’s compliment: a rich greenish blue, like looking down into a deep ocean. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/37 "2010-03-11T16:32:35Z")
I can never answer this question. It’s like “what’s your favorite song?”; the answer depends on so many things. (I voted orange because it needed some love). However, I don’t like most shades of green. It can go wrong so easily. Sorry, **Walkabout**. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/38 "2010-03-11T16:40:40Z")
Well yeah. If we’re talking about a car, for example, I’d prefer grey (although in what I swear is complete happenstance, my car is green), but for the most part, the color that is most pleasing to my eye is green. I didn’t even realize I had a favorite color until I noticed that I had a zillion green shirts (I counted them), a green sofa and green vases in my living room. I picked them out because they looked pretty to me. Whenever picking something out among similar items, I naturally gravitate toward the green or blue option. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/39 "2010-03-11T16:51:11Z")
> [@Walkabout](#): > > I don’t feel that I’m obsessed with my favorite color, I just find that if I have a choice I’ll invariably pick the object in green over the same thing in other colors. My house? Yes, the door and shutters are green, the kitchen counter is green, there is green in most of the floor tiles, and green in the predominate color in both my living room and bedroom. Why wouldn’t I pick things in a color that is pleasing to me? I just find it interesting that there are some that use one particular color for a variety of choices like you have done. Out of curiosity if you got a new house in say twenty years time, do you think you would want to go with the same green color schemes all over again? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077/40 "2010-03-11T16:53:00Z")
My favorite color is a deep purple that is almost black. I saw it once on a sports car when I was a kid but I haven’t seen it since. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-color/532077.md?page=3)