Everyone (Including Encyclopedia Britannica) Is Debating Which Color Folders Match Each School Subject, And Some Of You Are SOOOO Wrong About What Color English Is

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Life is full of questions. What is the meaning of life? What came first — the chicken or the egg? Who am I? Are aliens real? And, of course, what color corresponds with each school subject?

A Twitter user, @james_mtc, recently posted a lighthearted text exchange. Little did he know the gargantuan, colossal, titanic can of worms he was opening with just a single screenshot.

The viral tweet begged the eternal question. What color is science? (According to the DoorDasher from this exchange, the answer is green.)

Buuuuuuut, since the internet is The Internet™️, people immediately flocked to the replies to share their own opinions.

And not to add fuel to the fire, we also recently asked his illustrious "which subject goes with which color" question of you, our BuzzFeed audience. So, needless to say, between the all-out debate on Twitter and in our comments, EEEEEVERYBODY has opinions. Here are some of the most popular takes. You be the judge!

Some people have very straightforward, no-nonsense takes.

1. "Math is blue. English is yellow. Science is green. History and Spanish are red."

—happyeggplant533

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Others want to dig in more on the science front and differentiate the color based on the specific subject matter.

6. "Biology is green. Chemistry is blue. Physics is white."

—alexandrasarah76

Then there's the matter of extracurriculars. Woof.

7. "Math is red. English is blue. French is pink. History is yellow/orange. Finance is gray. Band is purple. Science is green."

—charmingcan683

8. "My friend thinks English is yellow, it's obvi blue. Math is red/orange, science is green, history is yellow, and extracurriculars are purple/pink."

—broodysunshine666

This person believes that the color schema isn't static, but evolving. Just like humanity. Chills.

9. "When I was in elementary, it was: math — red; English — purple; science — green; history — yellow; Spanish/foreign language — blue; extracurriculars/art/whatever — orange. When I was in high school: Science was green because green is my fav color and science is my fav subject. English was red because red is my second fav color and I like English, just not writing essays. Math was blue just because. History was orange because, at the time, I hated both. Spanish was yellow because yellow made me think of tortillas. Music or extracurricular activities were purple because that was the only color notebook I had left, although I ended up covering it in stickers anyway."

—lilwolf4138

A lot of people (myself included, honestly) associate their emotions toward the subject with the color they choose.

10. "Math is red 'cause it makes me mad."

—heroicfan185

11. "Red is English, because that's the color of the inside cover of my favorite book. Orange is foreign language, because it's similar in many languages. Yellow is history, because many things happen for economic gain, or gold. Green is science because of biology and nuclear waste. Blue is math because that was the color of my calculator (I drew on it). Purple is music. It just is. Pink is art because I'm running out of ideas. Home ec is brown for bread. Gym is gray, like Tom's pit stains. Study hall is white because it's bland. Any computer-based elective is teal and black."

—crispycowboy185

12. "Math was purple because it was my favorite subject, and purple was my favorite color. Science was red. I found the subject difficult, so it got red. English was yellow. I needed it to be bright, so I didn't fall asleep. Spanish was blue. Social studies/geography/history was green, as that was my last colorful notebook and folder left. I had a black notebook for band and choir because it matched the black folder the school handed out. Rarely needed it, though."

—slyjester5035

13. "My favorite subject is English so I'd put purple on that. Science (which I am decidedly NOT a fan of) will be red, while I'd put green for math, as I don't exactly hate it. Blue for business because I'm about to start a class on that, so yeah. Black for sports (sorry). French will be pink as it is ridiculously hard and annoying imo (no offense). I'll put lilac for Hungarian, and magenta for theater. I don't take art classes (got out of them a year ago), so I'll put beige for that. History and geography will both be teal."

—yourbookobsessedbestie

There are some out there who, for the most part, don't really give a [REDACTED] about which color goes with which subject, but have that one pairing they will NOT budge on.

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15. "I truly cannot understand people that don't think science is green!! Someone I know thinks that it's yellow?! WHAT."

—prformr_247

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Some people are rejecting the color-coded folder system altogether. And, you know what? Hell yeah. RISE UP!

17. "Everything is Spider-Man, every subject has a different Spider-Man folder. This is clearly the solution to the debate."

—doodle_gamer

18. "I’m color blind, soo...none?"

—heroicgoose3038

And, finally, there are only three entities in the world I trust with my whole heart and soul. English teachers, whoever runs the Merriam-Webster Twitter account, and the Encyclopedia Britannica. Two out of the three chimed in on what historians will one day, in hushed tones, call The Great Debate.

19. "English teacher here (so I have authority). English is blue."

—rubyruerubyrue

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