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¿Question #3005?
meshuggener: Why are the colonists in Puerto Rico brown?

Hector Vortac: A damn fine color. I frequently request brown when it's available. This answer brought to you by a quite white guy.
watcher969: to denote working in sun
djdragon001: Why are there colonists in Puerto Rico?
randomdude: Because they aren't purple.
Felimid: Skin color of people in the Caucausus Mountains (where "Caucasian" comes from) is brown, not white, not pink.
Caedmus: Many hours in the hot, hot sun
Woelf: They drank too much coffee.
PsyJam: Poor decision making
Nikku: Sunburn
alpha_ori: Because some white guy made the game.
Tacoman: Because they were coloured that way when made
cgund: ..
Phil Fleischmann: To give overly-sensitive, paranoid people something to get offended by. Not only are they brown, they're also all named Mohammed.
fnord23: coincidence, I swear
Wibblenut: irony?
Lord Ramius: are they?
malloc: they are slaves
Decorius: Plaid was too difficult.
DHEK: Because people are brown.
Azzarc: Maybe it was convenient for the manufacture
Penguin_Hatcher: i wonder how offensive that is to the puerto ricans on here
matthewjhoskins: You connect the dots...
Inntrepid: So they will not show dirt from dirty fingers.
Beelzebub: Its a racist plot, of course.
Cut & Space: What have you done with your colonist? Mine's are red
Dweeb: Genetics?
Cromaa: Because the sun is so hot there, they all get good tans.
vampywife: they get lots of sun in such a nice sunny place!
Nekura: Because they're little pieces of wood (duh)
arkibet: Because wood is brown
misanthrope: Aesthetic reasons.
MeYesMe: So, in a pinch, they can sub in for lost coffee barrels.
janiera: cause the designer wanted then that way
mrspank: It's obviously a racist statement.
scriptorum: What color would you like them to be?
Stigh: Because white is tea
LemonyFresh: Wood stain
bobthemundane: They live closer to the equator, so have had the pigment in their skin increase over the generations to protect them.
brainrob: Wood is brown
Cavedog_pdx: Stain is cheaper than paint?
ptsuk: they aren't "brown" they are just "tan" and sip'n on rum :D
Loquutus: Because they're made of wood?
_Kael_: If they were white, people would ship them with sugar.
SgtTodd: They only have 8 bit color charts down there
cerulean: Becuase pink ones were on back order when PR went to print.
Tushratta: They have sun tans. It's very bright in Puerto Rico.
MochaKimono: ?
GI Joe: Because people who live on that island get a lot of sun.
melissa: that's the colour of the wood
obob: don't ask; don't tell
Legend Dan: (insert racist joke here)
ValJor: Can you guys please knock it off?! Men, they are just playing pieces, don't make any assumptions based on their damn colour!
wiley1za: Because they're made of wood.
ssmooth: All that sun? They're made of wood? To hold their pants up?
Ludocrazy: It was a way to use the overstock of brown stain at the factory.
davedanger: hmmmm.... uh.... hmmm.. the game is full of .. never mind
Lord_Prussian: historical accuracy
skrutsch: Because brown is pretty and neutral.
djlg: Because they're made of wood.
AWildEep: Maybe they have more stain on the wood>
Sceadeau: They represent slaves
skelebone: Cheap color to produce tokens in.
Randy Cox: They're made of wood
heli: fit in with the rest of the game's color scheme
puffinge: Why is my pawn purple?
chaddyboy_2000: Because they were painted with brown paint.
snoozefest: doesn't show the dirt as much?
Spielfreak: Because they're dirty from working in the fields?
CDRodeffer: The graphic designer chose that color.
CortexBomb: Why are people obsessed with that? I like Struggle of Empires too...
Tim Synge: Cos that's the way God made them.
jttm: Sunburn