# What's green and purple and hangs on the wall? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239 "2008-11-11T20:34:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/1 "2008-11-11T20:34:09Z")
I want to do some artwork for my apartment. In general, I would like to match the color of the art to the decor in the room. For the bathroom (cream-colored tiles, maple trim, indigo shower curtain, indigo bathmats) I want to do a picture of a statue carving itself out of a block of marble. For the dining room (maple table and chairs with a standard tablecloth of tropical blues and greens decorated with fishies), a tropical beach. For the living room (dark blue sofa with multi-hued farmhouse pattern and walnut trim, wide crimson throw rug, and a second-story window looking out into evergreens), I want something that is strong red-green-blue. The kitchen has maple countertops with moss green tiles, but no wall space for artwork. What puzzles me is my bedroom. The most prominent things in it are my computer desk (black and brown), piano (black and white), bed (white headboard), and bookshelves (brown). I only have two sets of sheets and blankets for the bed: a wine-colored violet, and a sort of mint green. What can I put on the wall that is comprised of violet and green? I’m thinking night-time seascape, but that’s so hackneyed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/2 "2008-11-11T20:43:00Z")
I’m voting for [this.](http://images.zap2it.com/20080222/trippingtherift_240.jpg) You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/3 "2008-11-11T21:13:24Z")
A field of irises. Vinyards. A free-form design. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/4 "2008-11-11T21:18:35Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > I’m voting for [this.](http://images.zap2it.com/20080222/trippingtherift_240.jpg) > > You’re welcome. I’m totally stealing that image for an avatar for another board. What’s he supposed to be? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/5 "2008-11-11T21:26:10Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > What can I put on the wall that is comprised of violet and green? I’m thinking night-time seascape, but that’s so hackneyed. 🙂 Well, you could always make your own painting. Something abstract would be easy to copy, in the colors you want. A professional might be able to look at it and say “an amateur painted this!” but the average person can’t tell one abstract painting from another. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/6 "2008-11-11T21:30:24Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > I’m totally stealing that image for an avatar for another board. What’s he supposed to be? His name is [Chode](http://www.trippingtherift.tv/cgi-bin/). ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/7 "2008-11-11T22:20:34Z")
Hmm, vineyards! Bacchus, perhaps, would be a good figure for that. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/8 "2008-11-12T00:00:42Z")
A suffocating environmentalist picture hanger ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/9 "2008-11-12T00:04:19Z")
I’ve seen lots of wall hanging quilts in those colors. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/10 "2008-11-12T00:54:08Z")
[Eggplant.](http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Eggplant-Posters_i1628354_.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/11 "2008-11-12T00:56:46Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > His name is [Chode](http://www.trippingtherift.tv/cgi-bin/). I loved the first season of Tripping The rift, but it’s been downhill since Gina Gershon left. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/12 "2008-11-12T03:12:17Z")
I came across [this](http://www.kentucky.com/147/story/532854.html) the other day while tripping down Internet Lane. Perhaps you could play with it a little… ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/13 "2008-11-12T03:13:45Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > [Eggplant.](http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Eggplant-Posters_i1628354_.htm) Well, that was very matter-of-fact. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/14 "2008-11-12T03:40:51Z")
Purple? Green? The Joker! ---
**Author:** ![discodancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@discodancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discodancer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/15 "2008-11-12T04:11:51Z")
The Incredible Hulk ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/16 "2008-11-12T07:27:25Z")
I once had a t-shirt that said: Good art won’t match your sofa. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/17 "2008-11-12T07:45:42Z")
Heh. Well, **nothing** matches this sofa. Except, oddly, the rug. And my walls are bare. And I’m not talking about buying art … I’m talking about making some. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/18 "2008-11-12T16:42:36Z")
Green and violet, huh? How about [violets](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=violets&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/19 "2008-11-12T19:50:56Z")
> [@chique](#): > > I came across [this](http://www.kentucky.com/147/story/532854.html) the other day while tripping down Internet Lane. Perhaps you could play with it a little… Holy crap. I like that. I’m surprised at how much I like that. My favorite part is either the trophy shelves along the french doors, or the fake hallway drawn just a little beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/20 "2008-11-12T23:09:26Z")
“What’s green and purple and hangs on the wall?” Barney, after I shoot him and mount him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239.md?page=2)