# What ... is your FAVOURITE COLOUR??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768 "2001-04-13T01:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/21 "2001-04-13T12:56:48Z")
Hey, all you purple people. You’re not brainwashed Northwestern students, are you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/22 "2001-04-13T15:26:54Z")
Cobalt blue. Something about the light through an old bottle made of cobalt glass… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/23 "2001-04-13T15:51:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pulykamell \* > \*\*Hey, all you purple people. You’re not brainwashed Northwestern students, are you? 🙂 \*\* Not me! I’m an Oklahoma State student and hate that damned orange we’re supposed to wear on game days. I always opt for the black instead. No offense to **TCMS** , of course. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/24 "2001-04-13T16:12:57Z")
The grayish almost turquoise blue eye color that my children share, especially when they are looking at the world in awe. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/25 "2001-04-13T17:27:34Z")
Red It may not be the most flattering color I can wear. It may make me look like an old-time fire engine. It may bleed and turn all my whites pink. Still, I do so love red and its varients. My bedroom is painted deep garnet… mmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/26 "2001-04-13T18:07:52Z")
_the blue of **moi’s** eyes._ though to see me dress you’d say black. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/27 "2001-04-13T18:23:51Z")
Midnight blue and cobalt blue. Hands down. Best colors out there. Rest of y’all are nuts. 😉 Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/28 "2001-04-13T19:13:49Z")
Blue. Phalocyanine blue. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/29 "2001-04-13T23:41:20Z")
Purple, then dark blue. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/30 "2001-04-14T02:23:38Z")
Green of course. Because it’s the color of the best smiley :rolleyes: Seriously, though, green. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/31 "2001-04-14T04:03:43Z")
I’m fickle. When I was a little kid, it was red. I loved red so much that I deliberately slowed down so I’d come in second place in a race, so I’d get the red ribbon. Then for a while it was blue. Pretty much any shade. In college, it was green. Dark green. Now it is orange. Safety orange, preferably. I think I’m in an extroverted stage of life. My other favorite color is 2.3 microns, deep in a methane absorbtion band, where the planet Saturn is deep and dark, and its rings are glorious and dazzling. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/32 "2001-04-14T21:01:35Z")
560nm, no doubt about it. Well, ok, a few nanometers in either direction doesn’t hurt too much, as long as it stays in the deep bluish-green range (meaning more green than blue). Le Sang ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/33 "2001-04-14T21:26:52Z")
**Dragwyr** stole mine… _pout_ **Arden** , maybe a glossy black as opposed to a matte black? Blue. I should say “tricolour”, but … blue. Does anybody believe those tests which suggest that your color preference has something to do with your sexual style? ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/34 "2001-04-15T01:51:41Z")
The warm orange glow of a fire when I come in out of the cold, the blinding white of a fresh snowfall. The shiny black of my little dog’s nose, the impossible blue of a summer’s twilight. The blazing yellow of spring’s first flowers, the incredible brown of my love’s eyes. So many favorites, I can’t choose only one. Rose ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/35 "2001-04-15T03:08:06Z")
My absolute favorite color that has no real name is that faint hint of blue, mixed with a touch of gray, bordering on a purplish shade that is the color of the moonlight reflecting off of a fresh, undisturbed snowfall at night. I love that color. So far as more conventional colors go, I love dark green, dark red and deep purple. In recent years I have also developed a sincere appreciation for a rich, bright orange. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Isabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Queen\_Isabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Isabella)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/36 "2001-04-15T04:24:43Z")
Plaid. ---
**Author:** ![flikker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@flikker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flikker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/37 "2001-04-15T05:38:34Z")
PINK…any shade… ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/38 "2001-04-15T17:10:48Z")
Gray or silver. I don’t much gravitate toward bright colors; much prefer subdued taupe, sage, cobalt, amber, burgundy, etc. Yeah, yeah, so I’m repressed. They’re just more restful to me. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/39 "2001-04-15T17:26:16Z")
Blinding **RED**. As red on the noodle as a pecker on a poodle. However, for wearing purposes…black. I happen to look pretty great in black, if I do say so myself. It’s slimming, too. And lastly, but not least by any means: royal blue. Another flattering shade for me. ---
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768/40 "2001-04-15T18:18:01Z")
orange. beyond safety orange. bright loud day-glo toxic waste I won’t get shot in deer season orange. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/61768.md?page=3)