# You are the packaging guru at a candy manufacturer...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 27, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347 "2013-10-27T02:38:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347/1 "2013-10-27T02:38:21Z")

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You have settled on two colors, light blue and red, for two kinds of candy, milk and dark chocolate.

Which way do you go?

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347/2 "2013-10-27T13:56:33Z")

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The chocolate I buy for truffle making is already coded black for dark and blue for milk. They also use other colors for almond milk chocolate and white for white.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347/3 "2013-10-27T22:55:29Z")

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Red for dark. It just seems right, but for the life of me, I have no idea why.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347/4 "2013-10-27T23:05:06Z")

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Light blue for the light chocolate, red for dark

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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347/5 "2013-10-27T23:41:19Z")

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I thought sure it was gonna go the other way. I guess I’m just the odd one, not an unfamiliar state of affairs…