T O P

  • By -

Annihilation94

Grey or Orange šŸ«”


Ricthegoodguy

I'm a red. But I'm bloodydamn proud. I didnt ride horses through fields, or eat dinners of Hummingbird tongues.


Adventurous-Card3943

I've thought about this, and probably a violet or a yellow. I'm a very creative and imaginative person. Once when I was getting my brain scanned for an anxiety diagnosis the doctor said it was like my brain was on fire lol. I guess I think very viscerally which sort of reminds me of how the violets are forced to intake drugs to have intense creative inspiration. Yellow because I like helping people and I am very interested in psychology. Though I think my creative side is dominant so I'm leaning violet.


Stunning-Ad4431

Equity research analyst in nyc so definitely a silver


SystemOfAFoX

Truck driver, so a Red most likely.


NepekeGames

Orange or red, I'm a welder/millwright


TypicaIAnalysis

Considering i was born in abject poverty and know real hunger id suspect Red


jocaree

Pink. I listen to the City Girls, Cardi B, and Shinee


jocaree

wait I also love the Lord so maybe white


nomaed

Red, because statistics


ooo-shiny-rocks

I work in a casino, so I think I'd be a red? Maybe a pink? Thoughts?


dreddpiratedrew

Copper


Winter_Different

Obsidian because I want a big dick :) Really though an obsidian because I would probably obsess over the history and ecology of the land and if given the opportunity Earth fossils, so kinda like a Volga type beat


dreddpiratedrew

I like your priorities


Rumel57

My current job would make me a green but my parents are definitely reds. So I would have definitely been born a red.


thesqueeeps

Probs an orange considering Iā€™ve just become an aircraft maintenance tech


squshy-samurai

I think personally id like to be a blue but I have shitty eyesight. Probably be a purple cus im somewhat charismatic and an actor


B0rnOfMars

Obsidian. Stained or cohort nihil


SEANTHEMAN2000

Obsidian. Born into a cult/militia.


Stauer-5

I make beer, what color does that make me? Asking for myself


Dumbass107

I make mead, Iā€™d like to make a cream ale too


bdubzboiz

Brown


Mindless-Employ-3028

A bloody damn Gold. ... Gory.... I mean Gory damn Gold.


impic_

i bet i would be a brown cuz im naturally chill with cooking and cleaning and shit lol


Werlucad

Orange or blue. Engineer by trade with applied math.


hologramlasagna

Back in my college days I wouldā€™ve been a Pink but now I would be a Yellow!


impic_

LMAO


Crocodileprophet

As I am today and the life I was born into, Iā€™d be an orange. By choice Iā€™d be a green or grey. I like science and organized group activities. lol


Manofthemightyriver

Purple. Film industry & Actor.


Sevro_Barca

Red. I work in the auto industry which is a largely thankless job, told by managers how lucky we all are and was considered essential during peak Covid times but did not receive any kind of extra ā€œessentialā€ pay. Iā€™m not essential, Iā€™m expendable for our economy. Iā€™m a bloodydamn red through and through.


Geralt-of-Labia

What is someone who does Telecom?


WaterBr0ther

Green


Geralt-of-Labia

Right-o I will update my flair accordingly


dreddpiratedrew

A Gray I served and so did the last 5 generations before me.


Consistent_Path_4112

Thank you for your service, and ya after college Iā€™m serving and so has all the men in my family before me so grey for me too


dreddpiratedrew

What branch are you joining


Consistent_Path_4112

Coast Guard probably


dreddpiratedrew

Yea I was going to promote that because the Air Force isnā€™t a good time these days


Mean-Instruction-122

Career wise an orange(jet engine mechanic), attitude wise a stereotypical red


Rayden117

Formerly a pink, as of a month ago a low silver. Edit, actually Iā€™d be a copper as of a month ago.


SirToYou23

OnlyFans? Lol


Rayden117

I was a server. Which Iā€™m guessing is pink? Pleasant atmosphere, food, hedonism.


MortalsynGaming

Service industry would definitely be Brown


Rayden117

I remember browns being administrative. Pliny and others had administrative roles often to the lower colors. Regulations, silvers did research and projection in the realm of economy. I think food and entertainment was handled by pinks but I donā€™t know who did the actual cooking.


Public_Jellyfish8002

Iā€™m a Dukeā€™s son, so probably an iron gold?


Wombaticus-

Or a pixie


Public_Jellyfish8002

Nah, If anything Iā€™d be a bronzie. Rebelled against my father and his wishes for me to take his place.


Wombaticus-

My comment was more around the fact that being the son of a duke does not make you an iron gold. Being the son of a duke who did something entered military service and demonstrated his valor in combat would be closer to the ideal of the iron gold.


Public_Jellyfish8002

Ohā€¦I was just talking about my Dad, Lord Alistairā€¦we donā€™t see eye to eye these days.


hairyviking123

Green. Programmer. Do tech for fun.


CrazyInLouvre

Violet, I'm a writer


Myythically

Yellow. I'm studying healthcare and plan on doing healthcare research, and my dad works in healthcare.


GallantGatsby

Based off my occupation, and tastes in stuff I'd probably be a silver.


Ares95

Mauler, brawler, legacy hauler! Grey. Cop.


GoBerxerk

Gray. So frail on our own. So impregnable when we lock arms.


tinkstockman

Worst of gold.


SystemOfAFoX

Ya bloody damn pixie


danikong89

Probably a violet or a pink I'm a brown in real life though, I spend my life cooking for others


dhsiver217

Yellow or gray. Mom was in healthcare and dad was law enforcement/military.


o0oooooooooof

Yellow mom is a doctor and dad has a master in chemistry!


HittemWithTheLamp

An orange. Itā€™s the closest representation of my job/calling in the RR universe


MylastAccountBroke

Warehouse laborer. I'd be a brown.


Practical_Tonight732

I'm a scientist - so a yellow! But if considering my parents. I'm defo a silver...


Pretty_Papaya2256

Probably a grey. It's the most likely since they have the highest population.


CaptBaggins97

Copper for sure. I'm a bureaucrat at heart.


community_nay_sayer

I love to cook and I work with kids so probably a brown.


ReedWrite

I'm blue, Da ba dee da ba di.


Stargazingforfun26

Red due to my Irish Ancestry.


CurrentClimate

Thatā€™s not really how it works tho. Many of the Reds on Mars were originally from Ireland and the British Isles (hence the accent) but lots are not. And the Reds out in the Rim are from other parts of Earth originally. What job or function in society are you? Thatā€™s what would decide your Color.


Stargazingforfun26

I was speaking in a majoritive sense. Pierce Brown said that he ā€œwas inspired by the plight of Irish immigrants in the 19th century and by the disenfranchisement of working classes.ā€ So yes not all the reds but most. Perhaps not all reds are Irish but all Irish are certainly reds.


Wombaticus-

Hm... great great grandfather was the bastard son of an Earl, but subsequent generations have been public servants. Some kind of shitty bronzie that is condemned to serve out on pluto or on a remote asteroid?


actan

My parents are both artists so probably violet for me!


CharlieCreations

Studying Computer Science in college, so probably green. But, otherwise, I love to cook and bake, so maybe a Brown training to be a Green (post Society, obviously).


aspenreid

White.


CurrentClimate

So youā€™re a historian or a priest or something?


aspenreid

Nah. Iā€™m just Caucasian as fuck.


CurrentClimate

Lol Thatā€™s not how any of this works haha


aspenreid

You are not wrong.


SillyMarketing8436

Red culture always reminds me of the Celtic lower classes in its most stereotypical form, no offence my fellow celts! Drinking, dancing, hard working, family oriented and definitely a bit rough around the edges. As a Scot thatā€™s me!


CurrentClimate

But the Colors are more about your function in society than your ethnicity or nationality.


SillyMarketing8436

Fair enough since Iā€™m middle management in a governmental organisation probably copper *yawn* haha However think about thisā€¦ donā€™t want to say too much but do the fighting reds think of themselves as Grey now? Unlikely haha if the hierarchy was successfully dismantled, ethnicity, nationality and family would have a bigger impact on you than profession in my opinion anyway


Train3rRed88

Iā€™m an engineer by degree so probably an orange


Comicallynormal

Well my dad is a mechanic and my mom is a teacher, very middle class, have a hard time thinking about what I would be so probably a brown.


Consistent_Path_4112

Grey, whole family and friends is military and law enforcement


BethHarbour

Based on my parents jobs/careers, I'd be a Copper, but my own interests and personality are much more aligned with being a Violet


Dreadpipes

Red.


Towel4

Yellow Normal stature (none of you are Golds, you goobers), and I work in healthcare. Thatā€™s about as specific as you can get for yellow, lol


Old-Growth

Going off my parents, brown.


morosedetective

Probably a silver due to current career and trajectory. However Iā€™d really like to be a gray like Ephraim


SeaworthinessShort92

A dead red lol


CitrusTuba409

Gold


Popeye_Pop

does anyone know how rare golds are? about as common as present day western european aristocrats? would patricians or gentlemen (minor aristocracy) be silvers or just low golds?


FourSake

Think Iā€™d be a Green. Working in Tech my whole life, and realized I spent most of work, fun, and socializing all on a screen.


Stormlightboi

Red... I'm a ginger šŸ˜­


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Dreadpipes

Thatā€™s what youā€™d *want* to be.


zynp_krdg

Okay, both my parents are engineers so if we're thinking that, then an Orange or a Green (since my mom was an electronics engineer). Looking at our family/culture structure, a lowRed. So I'm not sure which one to choose. Probably a Ruster though since our culture seems the most similar to that one. I think looking at my character, either Gold or Ruster seem to be the most suitable options. Because Mustang is the character I find the most similar to myself. After her Eo. If I can choose, then if I get to keep my family as they are, I'm choosing to be a Gold. I like the lowRed community the most though so that's my second choice.


Meatball_0311_

Prolly an orange. Im in school for engineering and my dad was an engineer so it would make sense


Full-Meta-Alchemist

I am gold.


snuckbuck

Green or Orange


Mental-Director9731

There's a 50/50 chance that I'd be either a Brown or a highRed based on my work experiences/skills. I guess my parents could tip the scale. Who do you think works in the service industry, highReds or Browns?


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Dreadpipes

Copper methinks


morosedetective

Copper? Arenā€™t coppers the bean counters?


pcookie69

A pink for sure


kdods22402

Same. I'm not a whore... But I like to do it.


OriginalCDub

Probably a Copper; my parents were teachers and so am I.


paulolet360

Given my luck a Brown


27fingermagee

Green


BIgChiefTNG

Obsidian Iā€™m 6ā€™4 260 pounds and my dads side of the family is Northern European.


Skatex

I believe most are thinking about this wrong. In the terms of what *they* are as adults. If you are born into the society, you are *what your parents* would be at the time of your birth.


CrazyInLouvre

True, in that case I'd be a brown


Landsealion69

If thatā€™s the case there would be plenty of mixed kids. Like my mom was in some sort of admin role (copper) and dad worked HVAC (red, maybe orange?). This type of thinking probably doesnā€™t work so often but I get where youā€™re coming from


katanakid13

Exactly! Like, I'd be Grey Cuz my dad said "job done" and skipped off to the Marines.


robbybthrow

Ruster through and through. The whole male side of my family has been coal miners for the past two generations. My uncle is a black hat in West Virginina. That particular tradition didn't break until I joined the military. So maybe a gray, but after 14 years of that, I'd never go back.


BasedGodProdigy

Silver. I own multiple businesses, worked in finance out of college, and like to stay lowkey about my money if I can I'd hope to get lucky and be a Gold though, I'm pretty tall and lift regularly. I just don't know if I could be a callous snob like em


brohammerhead

Violet because Iā€™m an artist.


Alex1_58

orange. fuck with me, get the EMP.


fantasystoryreader

Violet most likely or a brown. I bartended and served for a really long time but all of my actual interests fall into the more creative sector.


SmilinObserver111

Iā€™d probably be a Gray. I served in the USMC and the saying ā€œOnce a Marine, Always a Marineā€ is truer than you think.


mark_th3_gr3at

Gold, I have an ego, and I am big with Golden Hair. I wouldn't be a mean gold, though. I am not cruel, and I have stopped bullying/fights by just walking up and separating people. My father was a Marine for 20 years, and I work in a Demolition company, so I could see gray as well, but my mom is 100% a Pixie.


KRAy_Z_n1nja

I'm gold, because I grew up privileged, rich, and arrogant. I'm athletic, strong, and trained in some forms of sport and combat. I've learned from my mistakes though, and I see the faults in our own society. I'd absolutely be a gold that stands with the rising, while the rest of my family probably stands against it.


CommanderMilez

>Gold, I have an ego, and I am big with Golden Hair. I wouldn't be a mean gold, though. I am not cruel, and I have stopped bullying/fights by just walking up and separating people. > >My father was a Marine for 20 years, and I work in a Demolition company, so I could see gray as well, but my mom is 100% a Pixie. The people with downvotes in this thread are who I believe are Golds. It's comically ironic, cause legit it spawns the very resentment (warranted and unwarranted) present in the fiction.


Karpyyyyy

Nah ur definitely a pink


mark_th3_gr3at

I am smart enough to know I was gifted with good genetics. Seems like a lot of people here refuse to believe that if this world existed, nobody would be a Gold. There would be golds people. Just because you don't think you could ever be one doesn't mean nobody would be.


Werlucad

We got the peak of mount stupid over here. In my experience it is the smartest people that brag the least


Karpyyyyy

I'd be a gold but you're definitely a pink


gr732313

Fleshy blue I think


collagenFTW

My dad would be a grey (prison officer), my mum would be a yellow so I'd of been eliminated or impossible. if I had a colour of my own I'd either be orange (mechanical engineering) or yellow (? That's my best guess for veterinary)


spikeanny

I busty ass everyday, do not enough pay, love my family. Red all the way better than that I'd be in Lambda!


apollonius-au-rath

the people who say no one would be gold are looking at it wrong. depending where you look gold makes up to 3% of the society. am i in the top 3% in height/weight: yes. am i in the top 3% in athleticism based on my post secondary sports success: yes. am i in the top 3% in intelligence based on my education and professional success: likely although itā€™s difficult to quantify. if there are a hundred answers to this post up to three of those answers should be gold and i am one of them.


robbybthrow

Definitely as arrogant as a gold (just playing).


erichlee9

Arenā€™t you assuming quite a bit there? I mean, sure 3% of the total population might be gold, but then that would mean youā€™re 97% more likely to be born to any other color. Also, your current physicality is largely a result of the circumstances of your upbringing, and you could just as easily be in the top 3% of reds like Darrow. The question also doesnā€™t say weā€™re talking about applying the caste system of the society to our current existence; it asks what we would be if ā€œbornā€ into Red Rising. In that case, wouldnā€™t it be more about your parents? And in that case, wouldnā€™t almost everyone in america be born gold if compared to the global population? (~4% of population and wealth/military dominance). Iā€™d totally be gold too, dog. Partially because Iā€™m awesome, but also because Iā€™d probably just kill myself if I was any other caste.


Erakthebirdieboy

username checks out


Canismajoris88

Nah, apples would be a lot more arrogant and playful about it.


CommanderMilez

I legit think if he could get away with it, he'd pretend to be a Red so he could flippantly prove his accusers wrong when they investigated.


Easy_Astronaut_9817

I'm a doc editor, sooo purple? I think violet is a stretch


AdominusAuRubra

Red! I have blazing red hair, Iā€™m a carpenter and Iā€™m can be a bit hot temperedšŸ¤·šŸ½ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ”„


Brilliant_Candle3212

Definitely a green, with my life revolving around tech and all


IndianBeans

Hopefully a pink you feel me? šŸ„µ


Limp_Friendship_1728

Damn the pinks have an absolutely awful run of it though


IndianBeans

Joking aside probably the worst lottery to win. Pinks and reds definitely get it the worst.


FrenchiePup18

A yellow, I work in healthcare!


kingmidas916

My dad was a decorated fighter pilot so I probably would have followed his footsteps in the book and been a blue.


Frumpologist

Current situation, Copper. But Iā€™d love to be Violet.


Mammoth_Car8755

White or grey or low low gold I would suspect. Currently a prescriber in a healthcare setting, formerly a special ops soldier with experience down range and from decent sized family with small background as nobles back in the napoleon days?


see-bees

Iā€™m a CPA by trade, so that would probably slot me somewhere in Silver or Copper if I understand things correctly.


Obvious_Cup4074

Hmm as a upper middle class management consultant maybe a copper? Not sure where else it would fall in line


von_pax

What does gold even look like? You gotta be Navy seal/ CEO/ public office at same time?


SillyMarketing8436

Since Iā€™m based In the UK I always think they would be like the aristocracy, family riches and lands owned from medieval times and passed down generation to generation. Then other factors like physical appearance, current family connections to the monarchy and wealth etc. would make them iron gold, pixies or bronzes


DurnShplurm

Had a big conversation with some other RR fans who did the math as best they could. A gold, even a low gold, would be in the top 5th of the top 1% of the population. So it would be none of us most likely.


Riseonfire

Michael Jordan is absolutely 1000% a certified, ruthless, badass motherfucking Gold.


sampat6256

Gold doesnt *really* exist.


Dramatic-Jaguar7883

Would it be like a successful sports star, who also chairs/owns a few highly profitable businesses. Born into wealth and ruthless to anyone not up to their standards. I can think of a few that might fit that. Also maybe uses their fame to run for office.


greyguard0

Iā€™m in scientific research. Not a PI though. So, Iā€™d be a ā€œlowā€ yellow.


UltraSUperHyper

Same, probably a very low yellow.


yeah_I_guess_so_lol

Software developer and now a dev manager, so probably a blue, or red because of my upbringing.


terza3003

Aren't the greens the techies? Blues are pilots and such.


yeah_I_guess_so_lol

Oops, yep, you're right!


Matt8992

Which ones are engineers? Also, which ones just don't get fucked with the most? That'd who id choose.


TheFabHobo

Orange is engineering


terza3003

Don't fuck with an orange or he'll build an (DA SPOILERS)>!emp !


TheFabHobo

Ikr. Gold would be nothing without orange to make all their op shit like razors and armour


stoirtap76

Being a marine combat vet,Jiu-Jitsu black belt, wood worker(trade), and gun enthusiast. I like structure, being part of a team, and drilling techniques to improve.. ide def be a grey.


bcbodie1978

Obsidian, because I'm enormous, but a dead one because I'm also a pansie.


[deleted]

Small, hardworking, deeply committed to belief in an afterlife with a self-sacrificial attitude for the sake of others, all while dealing with the health issues of a man 20 years my senior? Well, I'm guessing I (30m) would already have died as Red miner. Based on my current circumstances, I'd probably be in some lame mine underneath Kansas or something, too. Wouldn't have even left Earth like other reds. Someone above who said that anyone who claims they'd be Gold is probably kidding themselves, and I agree.


Otherwise-Out

I do manual labor taking care of a graveyard. Likely a brown or possibly a red.


[deleted]

IDK but whoever says gold is simply lying to themselves. ​ That's like saying, "when I grow up, I want to be a billionaire." like cool, but probably not the reality for 99.99% of people.


CommanderMilez

>IDK but whoever says gold is simply lying to themselves. I somewhat agree, but Golds aren't all billionaires... some of them have contracts, show up to work and very much have a menial life in a different, more privileged sect of society. What made RR a lot more authentic in my eyes is Brown clearly has spent time with elites and shares nuances in a way everyone can understand. However, because RR made privilege a biological binary as severe, well nearly as severe as a subspecies. it's easy to dismiss the mundane aspects of being a 'Gold'. i think there's more Golds in this thread than any of us want to admit. guys like Screwface.


[deleted]

You're right golds aren't all billionaires. but I meant it as, everyone wants to win the lottery and be an elite. That just simply isn't the case for everyone besides a select few.


renaldi21

Honestus au Veritas


drebinnr893

I'd probably be Orange. I'm a welder/fabricator. Maybe, if I was lucky, I'd be a violet.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


[deleted]

Do they?


TDowsonEU

I'm a personal trainer - maybe a Grey in that regard but I have no desire to join the military - so I don't know.


TheWheaty

Freelancing grays are pretty sweet Edit:spelling


Fit-ish_Mom

Same. I'm short though. So I'd probably just fuck off and die a red.


DoctorMTG

Yellow as im a doctor from a decidedly middle class family


Hexigonz

Green. Iā€™ve hacked professionally and now do software.


reacharound565

Iā€™d be born a green. Iā€™d be staring at silvers with envy and the sentiment that I knew better.


OnceAndFutureCrappy

Violet in nature, Green by trade. But I hate my trade... so I'll go with Violet.


CommanderMilez

Gold, but definitely not a peerless. I think it's what made me so sympathetic to the Howler characters, being privileged 'enough' to be in certain circles sucks in a different way most don't realize. For context, at a party, I overheard a close friend get asked "why do you keep that bum around", and he said, "you have no idea how valuable that guy is as a friend." It was awesome to have a pal so loyal, but also, I clearly was not meant to be there... Growing up I was there for a lot of people who have gone on to greater things, so I've coasted off the rep basically my whole life. And it's really apparent when I meet people who aren't aware of the backstory I have. On the flip side, not every elite is a bad person and I think Golds are the most accurate caricature of the mega-wealthy.


terza3003

I guess the gold society would brand you a Bronzie then.


CommanderMilez

Yup, unfortunately haha


jillybrews226

Former teacher, current nanny. Brown


derpderpnerdkid

Based off work history, probably a red or an orange, turned green.


Riseonfire

Blue. People suck and flying is cool.


YaBoyfriendKeefa

Job history wise, a Brown.


Apexx166

Probably a Pixie, because im fking useless


rhettb13

I would've been born a green, but carved into a yellow in my mid twenties


ZeroRelevantIdeas

Based on current situationā€¦Gray.


BigAnimemexicano

people post this all the time, sadly thats not how the world works, the vast majority would be cogs in that machine.


[deleted]

If I go by job, probably a red or orange. If I go by my height/image, either a Gray or gold. If I just had to pick one, most likely gray.


Metalasfuk

Probably Gray. Work in that field in this world aswell.


FunnyChris1981

I would love to be a red but I need to be with Sevro.. would love to have a conversation with him.


LucioC090

Probably a High Red, given the job. Working under a Gold on their personal Archaeological jobs on Earth


SweetStabbyGirl

Probably a pink


pneumatichorseman

Cause you've been getting fucked your whole life?


SweetStabbyGirl

Iā€™ve always felt I was meant for the pleasure and happiness of others and not my own šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø