Now that St. Patty’s Day is behind us, it’s time to hang up your Greenman suit and break out something a little more colorful. By now we’ve all come to know and love Greenman, but what about his extended family? Greenman suits come in a variety of colors each with their own number of uses—but some are more useful than others.
Of course, when it comes to rooting for your favorite sport’s team or just being weird out in public, any color suit will do. Even though nothing will top the versatility of the original Greenman suit, these five colors are your best bet if you want a suit that you can wear more than once.
White
If you’re a fan of the TV show Community, then you’ve already seen the white body suit in action as the infamous Greendale Human Being. Other than dressing up like this creepy school mascot, there are a number of different uses for a Greenman suit in white. A few pieces of red electrical tape can turn you into a human barber pole or candy cane. The shiny spandex material even makes it passable for a Silver Surfer costume—as long as you have a matching surfboard.
Black
If a ninja bought a Greenman suit, it’d be colored black. It’s the perfect color if you want to dress up as Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe, Catwoman or any other character that skulks around in the shadows. In fact, black is such a neutral color, it can be the basis of almost any costume, from monsters and animals to superheroes and secret agents. As a bonus, black full-body spandex suits can also used by theater puppeteers so as not to be as visible while performing on stage.
Nude
A nude colored Greenman suit gives you the joy of being nude without actually having to bare it all. Not only is it the perfect place to start if you want to dress up like a flasher or Adam and Eve, it’s great for pulling pranks that would normally get you thrown into jail if you weren’t wearing clothes. Try surprising your sweetheart wearing nothing but a nude Greenman suit and watch the romance bloom.
Yellow
If the only thing keeping you from dressing up like a character from The Simpsons is the idea of covering yourself with body paint, then yellow is the suit color for you. With a few simple additions, a yellow suit can become popular characters like Pikachu and C-3PO or something simpler like the sun or a bumblebee.
Blue
It seems like blue-colored people are constantly popping up in pop culture these days. From the Na’vi people of the movie Avatar to the Smurfs of The Smurfs, there’s no limit to the amount of costume ideas you can mine from a blue Greenman suit. It’s perfect if you want to be Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen or Mystique from X-Men, but you don’t want to walk around naked.
The most important aspect for getting more uses out of a Greenman suit is creativity. Exercising your imagination will allow you to have the best looking costumes, funniest pranks and weirdest photobombs in any color suit.
