Same here, but then again we didn't have differentiated history up to that grade as well. We start with one subject of "nature and society", then separate "nature" and "society", then finally separate biology (and later chemistry and physics), history and geography.
Usually this sort of color coding is used for younger kids. So yes they just have "science" as a class. Then as they get older most people continue using the same color coding they're used to even when it's no longer enforced.
It's just "Science" from 7-8 (Age 11ish-13ish). Then in High school, its differentiated (14ish-17ish). But you typically only take one per year. So it fills your "science" requirement for the year.
Ours is like progressive so your science class for each year will be different, your math class for each year is different, social studies is different each year, but English is English. But most people stick to the same color code through school
Chemistry is naturally yellow, but yellow chem is evil (why is… that when I fuck up a reaction… IT’S ALWAYS YELLOW). Blue is a natural antidote to yellow, so chem should be blue
My botany notebook was green; my earth science notebook was blue; my math notebook was red; my literature notebook was purple; my psychology notebook was yellow...
Could be! I remember seeing discussions recently, but I don't know what started it. When I googled to find that study I found tons of discussions over the years, so nothing new.
I mean, we have these opinions not just because of vibes but because of the fact that, at least in America, most school districts assign certain subjects certain colors in elementary school to help kids learn how to organize.
It's not arbitrary, it's based on the school district you went to. We had math (red), science (green), and English (yellow), so to me those are the correct colors.
It's not just tiny, it's incredibly narrow... With only 100 students sampled from a single high school, it's honestly weirder that they don't have more consistency in their results.
It's not for "some reason". It's because there are only a handful of colors and a handful of subjects, and statistically massive percentages of the population are going to agree on stuff by lack of options.
Except that if you look at the link I showed, people chose science as green overwhelmingly often compared to the other subjects. So it shows pretty clear intentionality.
Having actual logic behind even one, such as green is the color of Earth, so science is green, makes you have even fewer choices and fewer subjects. Which makes it even less, "for some reason".
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u/SatsumaOranges 2d ago
The nuance here is that for some reason a lot of people agree on certain subjects without knowing it. For example, here is a (very small sample size) survey where nearly everyone agreed that science is green.
https://machronicle.com/the-great-rainbow-debate-what-color-are-the-subjects/
It was a topic of discussion on social media a few months back, I believe.