# 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:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/21 "2008-11-13T15:09:26Z")
> [@Auntbeast](#): > > I once had a t-shirt that said: > > Good art won’t match your sofa. Zactly. Good art should match your personality. Therefore, I say, you should hang a scary clown picture on the wall. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/22 "2008-11-13T16:07:44Z")
Green & purple can be a lovely combination & brings to _my_ mind the previous turn of the century–art nouveau decadence & all that. Perhaps something inspired by absinthe, The Green Fairy? Look, [violet-flavored absinthe](http://www.absinthe-dealer.com/absinthe/absinthe-from-spain/absinthe-lehmann-violet.html)! And [some posters](http://www.absintheonthenet.com/servlet/the--dsh-Posters/Categories)… ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239/23 "2008-11-13T20:00:40Z")
I second The Joker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-green-and-purple-and-hangs-on-the-wall/472239.md?page=1)