What color is geography?

Geography is green because…

• “Land on a map is usually green.”
• “Grass, land, trees—all green and commonly associated with geography.”
• “Land on the map is green.”
• “GeoGraphy equals Green.”
• “Geography is the study of the land, most of the land is green. Like trees, grass... ”
• “Green like nature, and my geography textbook is green.”
• “Geography is the study of land. The land is grass, and grass is green.”
• “Countries are green on globes.”
• “A synonym for geography is a landscape! And land is associated with green, so... obviously it’s green.”
• “It is the color of land when looking at earth from space.”
• “Green, green grass.”
• “The world is green and geography is the study of the world.”
• “Because of the green parts of the maps and nature.”

Geography is blue because…

• “The majority of a world map is covered by blue oceans.”
• “If you look at a globe it is mostly blue with water.”
• “Blue equals water equals earth equals geography.”
• “It is blue in Trivial Pursuit!”
• “The earth is mostly water.”
• “More than half the world is blue with water, so blue.”

Geography is brown because…

• “Maps are brown.”
• “Soil is brown. ”
• “Geography studies the earth and landscapes, and that for me is brown!”
• “Brown is like the earth, plus science is already green.”
• “Because the Earth is brown.”
• “Earth, the ‘geo‘ of ‘geography,’ is brown.”

Geography is orange because…

• “Terraform and landscape is mainly orangish.”
• “Science is already green, and orange was just givin’ me the vibes.”
• “I associated all social studies with orange, and Human Geography is a social studies class.”
• “Geography is orange because of its similarity to history, which is also orange. ”

Geography is yellow because…

• “Social studies was paired with yellow school stationary for me growing up. ”
• “Old maps have a yellow tint.”

Geography is grey because…

• “Geography gets the color that is left over.”
• “Rocks and all that.”

Geography is white because…

• “Geography is an off-white color, like the color of old paper at the edges of a map.”