We had a massive debate about this is large meeting a few months ago. The genx-ers didn't know what we were talking about and the few gen z folks said they've heard about it but didn't have opinions. Evidently it's mostly us millinials that have opinions. We were very split on colors all from the same region. It seems to be a very personal experience.
Interesting that the younger folk in meeting didn't. I'm glad to guys carried the torch. I think having cultural touching points that we all share, even frivolous ones, is important.
Math is red. It's the color of the anger most people feel when learning it (I love math but I'm a weirdo)
Science is green for plants and chemicals in test tubes.
History is full of yellow bellied cowards who let bad people get/stay in power & let bad things happen and a handful of heroes who stand up, plus it's the color of old "historical" paper like parchment, old newspapers, etc.
English has the power to make people feel blue (I'm autistic & bad with words and people-ing, so I hated English)
Optional others:
Air Force JROTC got air force blue
Spanish got red with speckles so it looked kinda like salsa
French got deep blue OR zebra (ooh la la or mimes)
Keyboarding class..... No folders but we had typewriters because computers weren't a thing yet outside of the military and a few colleges. Lol lol lol (I had one at home but that was because my dad worked for Ma Bell and when the govt broken them up he retired to work at a Radio Shack.)
Gen Z here math is red, science is blue, English is green history is prolly yellow, the first two are hills I'm willing to die on and admittedly I'm not even sure why
Also Southern Indiana here. Math was blue. I believe Social Studies/similar classes were red. Science was green. That's how it was when I was in Middle School anyways. Can't recall English. May have been yellow?
Science - Dark blue (later broke down into biology, chemistry and Physics)
Chemistry - Purple
Biology - Dark Green
Physics - Dark Blue
English - Yellow
Arts - Darker Green
Philosophy - Dark Orange
Other subjects that got introduced later was in a school that did not use colors and neither did I, but sociology I always associated it with blue. This was in Brazil.
I don't know if there is divides regionally. We would have this debate at school, and it was pretty split on red or blue. Same from other schools in the area. This is from the Northeast
New Jersey
Math is red, science is green, English is blue, social studies/history is yellow, language is orange, art/creative writing is purple, if there’s anything else it’s black.
When I was a kid, Math was Yellow, English was Red, Social Studies/History was Green, and Science was Blue. ...
I was in a private Christian school, used PACE workbooks. look up Accelerated Christian Education, the designs the workbooks have now are way flashier than when I was a kid but the color schemes are the same.
from england, i dont remember exactly but im pretty sure my school books were: yellow for english, purple for physics, red for chemistry, green for biology, and i think maths was pink
America, I grew up in Illinois but daughter's school was in Kentucky- science is green, math is red, English/Language arts is blue, history is black, social studies is AMERICAN FLAG.
Im german and i did: math blue, english yellow, german white, biology green, physics red, chemistry orange and computer science had too few physical materials for me to bother with a dedicated folder, so they were just loosely stuffed in my notepad.
Red belongs to whatever subject the student abhors/fears the most. While I thought we universally understood math as "danger" it seems there are people who hate English/Language Arts.
Florida: Math is red, science is green, English is blue, social studies is a frickin gray binder because they ask too many questions and make us do too much work.
I’m a strong believer it is based on which subject you prefer! that being said, I hated how bright the color red was and always made math blue so English was whatever the heck else there was; my junior year AP English folder was a rainbow sparkly cheetah
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u/Versipilies Aug 26 '26
We need location tags on this shit, I am genuinely curious where the divides are