@inquiline philosophical question: why are so many flossers shades of green?

@SRLevine

my kneejerk prosaic/lazy answer is i think this one is perhaps supposed to resemble mouthwash?

but then we have to ask about why mouthwash is green, and other things i definitely don't know the answer to (might know where to look/who to ask)

@inquiline I always assumed mouthwash was green to evoke mint (but I'm not a mouthwash user, so this is very much an assumption)

@SRLevine @inquiline throwing into the mix that i've also seen both flossers and mouthwash in shades of blue

@shinealittlelove @SRLevine @inquiline Spearmint flavor is coded green, peppermint flavor is coded blue - I suspect this derives from chewing gum.

(Like sodas: generic cola is coded red because Coke dominated Pepsi for a long time, ginger ale is coded green and gold, lemon-lime is coded mostly green with yellow and/or white, cherry cola/dr pepper are coded dark red... and caffeine free is coded gold and sugar-free is coded white or black. I did my PhD on using histogram-based color recognition to identify sodas.)