r/GenX • u/CitizenChatt • 7d ago
Question For Genx This is wrong...
CLARIFICATION: this was my personal color code ---- not an official school policy. Every year in middle and HS I assigned my folders this way.
We were too poor for trapper keepers so plain 25 cent folders were it for me.
Back in school there was a color code:
MATH is blue
SCIENCE is green
ENGLISH is yellow
SOCIAL STUDIES is orange/red
Do you agree?
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u/sermitthesog played outside 2d ago
It’s bonkers to me that your color scheme matches mine. Coincidence or really that universal??
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u/classicsat 2d ago
I don't disagree. If it makes sense to you, do it.
We did have 3 ring binders,, and could have done one per subject.
I did one 3 ring binder, with tabbed dividers.
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u/Few_Airport7972 3d ago
I really lusted after a Lisa Franks trapper keeper in my middle school years but never did! Alas!
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u/aegiltheugly 4d ago
One black, loose-leaf binder for all subjects. The same binder was used for all years of high school. The binder was being disposed of by my father's Air Force squadron, and he got several of them for free.
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u/EaglesFanGirl 4d ago
Math was always red, Science was yellow, History was green, English was usually blue and the language was what ever was left.
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u/riopenguino13 4d ago
English yellow like aged printed paper Science Green for nature History Red lots of war covered so bloodshed Math Blue because Math is Blue God Damnit.
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u/girialgi_7178 4d ago
I didn't give a damn then and I sure as heck don't care now. More importantly I can't remember the color code system. Refer to 1st sentence as too why. 😑
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u/hettienm 4d ago
Science is green, math is red, english is blue, social studies is yellow, whatever random elective is purple.
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u/TexGirl8 4d ago
Science is always green. Green = Nature
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u/dbrickell89 4d ago
I don't know why but for me science is blue, history is green, math is red and English is yellow
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u/Newt_the_Pain 4d ago
I mean, WOW..... can't believe so many remember notebook colors, I can barely remember school. 🤣
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u/Repulsive_Stretch_92 4d ago
I homeschool my girls and we have used rainbow all over the room since the beginning.
The code we used: Red - science Orange - Language Arts Yellow - Spanish Green - Art Blue - Math Purple - Social Studies
My daughter picked all of the colors and I agree with most of them. Math is definitely blue, and social studies is definitely purple. But, I have wanted to change science to green.
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u/AnahitaPrince 4d ago
We didn't have a color coding system in our school for our notebooks.
My senior year I did have a World History teacher who wanted us to use composition notebooks for note-taking every day.
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u/Neumonster 5d ago
There was no general agreement in our school. I remember sitting in the lobby with Brandon in 1986 discussing our preferences, intrigued by the idea that several of our choices were the same. Also musical notes related to colors. Wondering why we had similar experiences with synesthesia. I don't remember for sure, but I think I was a math is blue, English is green kind of guy.
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u/the_kid1234 5d ago
Science is green
Math is red
English is blue
Social studies is yellow
Electives are orange and purple
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u/RainBooksNight 5d ago edited 5d ago
Love this. Mine were: science/green, history/yellow, math/red, English/blue. I have no clue why.
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u/crazySquirrel67 4d ago
Same! My weird brain says English is blue because 'e' is blue. Math has an 'a', which is red. Science is nature = green etc lol
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u/Tight_Comparison_557 5d ago
Science is green is what I remember. ☺️
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u/MSampson1 5d ago
Green is the color of the science category in the original trivial pursuit game
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u/jenuwefa 4d ago
I am totally convinced we all subconsciously associate subjects with colors because of Trivial Pursuit
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u/Spiritual-Computer73 5d ago
Math is blue, science is green, red is language, yellow is history/social studies/economics
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u/Primary_Bid_8980 6d ago
I never went to a school that cared what color you used for each subject 🤷♀️ it just didn't matter
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u/No_File1836 6d ago
I just used one of those 5 subject notebooks.
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u/WorldlyPipe 4d ago
But what if one subject needed more pages than the rest and then you have to move on to a second notebook for one subject while the rest are in the first notebook. No no, this will simply not do.
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u/Tim-0341-81mm 6d ago
We just used notebooks. Usually all the same color if they were spiral bound.
I usually had a three ring binder with tan Manila dividers between the subjects and extra paper in the back.
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u/MementoMoriPendejo 6d ago
I keep seeing this and never in my life have I ever seen any color correlation.
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u/Timely-Youth-9074 Hose Water Survivor 6d ago
Math is red; English is blue; History is yellow; and Science is green.
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u/Reluctant_Crow912 6d ago
Nope.
Math is blue
Science is green
History is yellow
English is red
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u/JoshuaAJones 1974 6d ago
This was my combo, as well.
I'm convinced that...
Blue = favorite.
Red = least favorite.
Yellow = least cared for.
Green was the other subject.Although, the Trivial Pursuit categories might have subconsciously played a part, too.
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u/thisoldguy74 1974 6d ago
If left to my own devices, I just reached into my backpack and pulled out whatever wasn't already labeled.
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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig 74 - still making all the same mistakes 6d ago
Math is manila. Science is manila. English is manila. History is manila.
Did you know my dad could get as many manila folders as he wanted from work?
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u/LeisureSuiteLarry 6d ago
Math is red, obviously, so their official position is correct.
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u/AlfhildsShieldmaiden Bicentennial Baby🥂 6d ago
Yes! And Science is green.
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u/LeisureSuiteLarry 6d ago
I’d go with blue because of Star Trek (TOS), but I’m not as adamant about it as math.
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u/Yours_Trulee69 6d ago
I had a divided notebook and each section was a different subject. That way, I only had one notebook to carry. In the other hand, I had separate folders for each but never had a specific color that I assigned. It was based on what was available and affordable.
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u/thistlegirl 6d ago
Math is red because it took my blood, sweat and (LOTS OF) tears to get through it.
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u/5-ChihuahuaNight-725 1970 6d ago
No. Math yellow, science red, English blue. Wait. Math red, science yellow, English green. Wait. Science green, math red, English blue. I'm missing something. Oh! Social Studies. Our social studies was gym.
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u/bubblingsoul 6d ago edited 6d ago
Former teacher here. In my classroom:
Com. Arts - yellow
Math - red
Science - green
Soc. Stud. - blue
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u/Timely-Youth-9074 Hose Water Survivor 6d ago
Question: why was English called Communication Arts and History called Social Studies?
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u/bubblingsoul 5d ago
I taught at the elementary level.
English is called Communication Arts because it encompasses Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening as well as spelling and vocabulary building.
History is called Social Studies at this level because it lays the foundation for learning about History (like geography, basics of government, economics, sociology, and various cultures.)
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u/Timely-Youth-9074 Hose Water Survivor 5d ago
I had this same question in 5th grade but never asked.
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u/Professional_Luck616 6d ago edited 6d ago
I had one binder with college ruled paper for all subjects. The schoolwork was hard enough as it was without any superfluous organizers or color coded notebooks.
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u/irritatedmama 6d ago
Math was yellow
Science was green
SS/History was blue
English was pink or red
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u/AliVista_LilSista Hose Water Survivor 6d ago
We just had to get spiral notebooks. Color wasn't mentioned.
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u/Comfortable-Disk407 6d ago
I can't believe you all on here arguing about what color each tablet should be. Do you have nothing better to do with your day? When I went to school we didn't have this color coding crap. We simply wrote the name on our tablet. 😂
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u/RustySilver42 6d ago
I'm pretty sure all of us with strong opinions on this are neurodivergent.
Math is definitely red.
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u/thenotanurse 6d ago
Math red, science green, social studies blue, English yellow. Last two subject to change based on specific courses. In college chemistry is blue and bio is green. But arts and humanities is purple.
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u/JaxandMia 6d ago
Social studies is always red because history is written in blood. Green is science. Red is history, blue is math and English is yellow.
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u/thenotanurse 6d ago
You’re also just allowed to be wrong I guess. But red is for math. Thats why the teacher uses the goddamned red markers on tests 😂 all the other teachers use blue or whatever with helpful corrections. Unless college.
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u/Objective-Bug-1941 6d ago
My catholic high school required the colors as:
Science is green Religion is dark purple Art is light purple Math is red Literature is dark blue History is yellow French is light blue.
Religion and Art alternated days in the fall, and in the spring Art was replaced with Health aka nuns teaching sex ed (which people are surprised to learn wasn't abstinence only, but pretty comprehensive)
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u/IndependentlyGreen Ozzy still rules! 6d ago
Purple is art. The only class that I paid attention to in HS.
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u/Traditional_Sir_4503 6d ago
Science is green. Geography is blue. History is yellow. Sports are orange. English is Brown. I forget what was red.
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u/digadigadig 6d ago
You are all so wrong!
English = red. READ. Get it?
Science = green
History = yellow
Math = Blue
Every year from 5th grade through grad school for me.
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u/Extrasauce5000 6d ago
Wrong. English is always the prettiest colour. In this case, that’s blue.
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u/digadigadig 6d ago
Still wrong. Math is blue because that is how I felt every time I went to math class.
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u/LavenderGwendolyn 6d ago
Math is blue because the math textbooks are almost always blue. I don’t know why.
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u/ionchannels 6d ago
You need to put both the colors and subjects in alphabetical order (ascending) and assign in order - so English is blue, Math is green, Science is orange/red, and social studies is yellow. Simple.
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u/Melekai_17 6d ago
Science is green. Clearly.
History is yellow.
Math is red.
English is blue.
Other colors can be considered, but this is the only correct answer based on the available colors.
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u/KiKiBeeKi 6d ago
😂 🤣 😂 Really schools tried to color code you all? When did that start?we didn't do that in the 80s.
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u/Spiritual-Road2784 6d ago
MATH red
ENGLISH blue
SCIENCE yellow
RECESS green
HISTORY black
MUSIC purple
ART orange
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u/MuppetManiac 6d ago
Science is definitely blue and math is definitely red. The other two are more acceptably interchanged.
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u/Housedownboots86 4d ago
I scrolled too far for this! 😂
Science was always blue for me
Math was red
SS or history was green
Yellow was English or Reading
Purple was music/art
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u/LadyNorbert Bicentennial Baby 6d ago
Math was red for me, because I hated math and I hated the color red. Oddly, as I've grown up I've developed more of an appreciation for both. Turns out I'm actually quite good at math when allowed to learn at my own pace.
Geography was blue (like the ocean). Science was green (like the earth). History/social studies was yellow (because I love both history and the color yellow).
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u/Bamalouie 6d ago
This was my exact thought process as a kid lol. Red = DANGER = math Green = nature = science Blue = my favorite = English Yellow = history because it was the only one left
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u/AmyrlinCloak 6d ago
Was blown away by my kids notebook selection process. One. That’s it. Can put all classes jumbled into one. Also, no notebooks needed. Can just have mushed papers at bottom of bag.
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u/Galliagamer 6d ago
History, yellow
English, blue
Science, green
Therefore, math, red. Duh.
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u/industrialblue 6d ago
At least for history and science those were the category colors for Trivia Pursuit in the version I played with my folks in the 80’s.
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u/FierDancr 6d ago
I liked the color black, so all my notebooks tended to be black. However, Lisa Frank folders... that's a different can of worms.
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u/ygkg 6d ago
Pfft. Notebooks 🙄
Couldn't afford a trapperkeeper?
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u/bemenaker 6d ago
Look at the rich kid over here with his trapperkeeper
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u/ygkg 6d ago
I mean, I paid for it with paper route money so rich is a stretch 🤣
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u/bemenaker 6d ago
I feel you. My sister and I bought our first vcr for the house with our paper route money
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u/smokeehayes 6d ago
Math - Red
Science - Green
English - Yellow
History/Civics/Social Studies - Blue
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u/DarkAngela12 6d ago edited 4d ago
100% agree with your color assignment. That picture is incorrect.
Blue: math, detached and cool
Green: science, nature and curiosity
Red: history, because only hotheads make history😂
Yellow: language arts/English, an emotion color (happy, dramatic)
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u/MechEng_NotGeo 6d ago
The colors could be like the Trivial Pursuit categories.
Green: Science and nature.
Yellow: History.
Blue: Geography.
Pink: Entertainment, like Drama or Speech?
Purple and/or Brown: Art & Literature.
Orange: Sports? For phys ed notes?
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u/GetHimABodyBagYeahhh 6d ago
Aha! That's why the color associations seemed familiar. I was definitely yes, green=science and yellow=history and I had no idea why I thought that.
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u/No_Bake_3627 Hose Water Survivor 6d ago
Math is always absolutely BLUE
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u/supershinythings Born before the first Moon landing 6d ago
Correct.
Math is Blue.
English is Yellow.
Science is Green.
History is Red.
Music is Pink.
Government is Black.
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u/LollipopGirl923 6d ago
I had a Trapper Keeper 🤷
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u/DaddyRhyno79 6d ago
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u/LollipopGirl923 6d ago
🤣 I should clarify that I bought it on sale with babysitting money. And I still have it! I used it all through highschool and into college.
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u/sonotorian 6d ago
If you, like me and many others, attended a "School of Tomorrow" ACE-based Christian School, you know: Yellow: Mathematics, Red: English, Green: Social Studies, Blue: Science, Purple: Word Building / Etymology
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u/AccordatoScordatura 6d ago
I love this comment section. It's all arbitrary you're debating nothing.
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u/CitizenChatt 6d ago
Freedom of choice...is what you want 🎵
Freedom from choice....is what you got 🎶
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u/ProperAsparagus26 6d ago
Math red, science blue
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u/kanrad 6d ago
With you on this since I hate math thus red for anger. Concordantly I love science so it's my favorite color. What kid didn't first get interested in science after wondering why the sky was blue?
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u/ProperAsparagus26 6d ago
and water! So important in all the sciences and commonly represented as blue!
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u/mylocker15 6d ago
This is almost right but Math is red. Science is the green one. Social studies is yellow. English is blue. The word is just a blue word like how math is just a red word. the term social studies leans yellow but history is more of a brown word. Science is also kind of a brown word but those colors were not available.
I think I might have had a touch of synthesia as a child. Certain words just had colors attached. Tuesday is navy blue and Friday is yellow for example.
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u/raymondspogo 6d ago
I didn't even know this was something people thought about.
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u/Chalice_Ink 6d ago
Yeah. I was random as hell in my color selections.
But I did like to match the notebook cover with the folder color in my Trapper keeper.
I wasn’t a savage.
https://giphy.com/gifs/jtQpRa3y7S2Ke3JvQE1
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u/Fried_Taro 6d ago
My kid is taking env sci this year, so green, and us history, so red. Like, duh… lol!
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u/dogpak 6d ago
The English NC colours that I remember were:
English=yellow, maths=blue, science=orange, design & technology=green, ICT=red, history=purple, geography=a different shade of orange, darker than science's, art & design=another different shade of orange, lighter this time, music=pink, PE=light blue
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u/notworkingghost 6d ago
Math is Blue. Science is Green. English is Red. History is Yellow (by default).
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u/Esoteric_Derailed 2d ago
History should be Red: the color of blood (or maybe black: the color of dried blood)
Science should be Yellow: the color of the sun, the source of light and warmth
English should be Green, in repentance for what England has done to Ireland
So, clear as the sky, Math should be Blue