Style Theory: Can You Be Allergic to Color? (Wednesday Addams)

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According to Wednesday Addams, her skin breaks into hives and flesh peels off her bones when she even TOUCHES Color. Wait a minute… is that real? Can you actually be ALLERGIC to color? Let’s find out…
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[takatacheroki]

I have another hypothesis:

Suppose Wednesday is allergic to the vast majority of commonly used dyes in the textile industry, and all of her clothes are in fact custom ordered with one very special type of dye that she isn't allergic to, but is effectively monochrome and, when diluted, becomes grey instead of blue, green, or purple.

Would it be expensive? Yes, but the Addams family is pretty darn wealthy, so it's not outside the realm of possibility. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Gomez or Morticia owned a company that makes and sells clothes, which would make it slightly less expensive to get Wednesday's hypoallergenic-dyed clothes (outsourcing can make things quite pricey).

[jingerjoy]

Sun allergy is also a thing with Morticia Addams (the original adams family series) where there is an episode where her husband Gomez Addams opens the window and theres light but their pet plant hates light. So he closes the window because Morticia hates light. Meaning that canonically, Wednesdays allergic to color is genetic

[thescholarsjourney]

Fun fact: I actually AM allergic to color, I just not in my clothes. I can't eat artificial colors in food. I don't have a typical allergic reaction, but they give me weird mood swings and headaches. Maybe something for a Food Theory at a later date?

[subarashiwein]

It’s so funny: this weekend I met a girl who showed me a giant scar because apparently she was allergic to the green color of her new tattoo. And I was travelling with another girl and she got weird spots on her hand and when I asked about them, she told me that she is allergic to sunlight and that her skin does this every year in spring 😢 This episode feels like fate to me.😅

[That_dude]

Back in the mid to late 2000s, aka my high gothic phase, I found out that I had an allergy to certain black fabric dyes... Had to wear white for weeks to get rid of those rashes. Absolutely crushed my self esteem as a creature of the dark 😂

[WeeklyWeirdKpop]

I recently went to a dermatologists to have a patch test done. It showed I was allergic to specifically black and red dyes. I break out in a painful raised red rash. This sucks because 90% of my clothing is black 😅. I am also allergic to the chemical that makes rubber stretchy.

[katiehodge]

Something that I saw suggested on tiktok (it was a while back so I can’t remember who) was that Wednesday isn’t literally allergic to color but rather she gets overstimulated by color because the reaction she describes is one way it feels when you are overstimulated. The whole video was about how Wednesday’s “quirky” personality was just her being autistic coded which honestly is my personal head cannon now as an autistic individual myself.

[cageybee]

i knew a woman who was allergic to the colour yellow. she couldn't touch or eat anything yellow, clothes, candies, etc.











turns out, she was allergic to a very common yellow dye. once she looked for it in packaging she noticed what would and wouldn't hurt her.

[DAMDO]

Wednesday being allergic to the sun would actually unironically be in character for the Addams Family franchise

[forgetful]

Wednesday could have a phobia of color which could make her actually have a serious reaction to interacting with it. While it’s not an allergy it seems more plausible.

[j_dog]

So grateful MatPat and Team Theorists have finally been able to bring this channel to life <3

[DarklingCreature]

I have severe visual/ light sensitivity, especially to colors. Being outside during the day gives me migraines and being surrounded by/ having to wear color also gives me pretty significant headaches. A symptom of my migraines is a burning sensation that makes me wanna scratch at my arms- and if i do it makes my skin peel. I honestly didn't question any of it. I've dressed in near all black since i was 10.

[AngDevigne]

So I have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, which can be neatly summed up by saying I'm Allergic to Being Alive. Some things which have thrown me into anaphylactic shock include:
- being too cold or too hot
- eating solid foods
- strong emotions (this is a big one)

The intense joint inflammation that comes with mast cell attacks also knocks my bones and soft tissue out of place.

That said, I'm thinking that if Wednesday's allergy had a Mast Cell condition attached, her allergy to color or the emotions she experiences around specific colors could, in fact, make her skin peel off, and if her joints swell enough the muscles and ligaments i.e. flesh could peel off of her bones.

Theory solidified lol

Edit: Whoa, I did not expect all the sweet replies on my stubborn theory comment!! Thank you all so very much! I tried to respond to each one of you, but to everyone who expressed concern, yes, I am thankfully doing much better with proper treatment.

If you know anyone with suspected MCAS or other mast cell disorders, the Mast Cell Disease Society has printable instructions for emergency room personnel and doctors to keep your loved ones safe! Thank you for caring.

[Its.Allyssa]

I actually have a customer that wears all white. She told me that she worked on the covers of magazines in NYC, and when they went to Africa to work on a shoot that she wore the clothes there but since returning to the US she gets contact dermatitis from dyed clothing (but not bleached). She said this started 15 years ago and her doctors never found a reason or a solution so she basically had to buy a whole new wardrobe overnight.

[designerwookiee]

I was expecting a more psychological angle. It's possible to experience a Nocebo Effect (negative placebo effect), so Wednesday could have Nocebo'ed herself into thinking that being in direct contact with bright, vibrant colors would cause her harm. Considering the environment that Wednesday grew up in and her mother's attitude to pastels, she could have developed a deeply rooted belief that colors were bad and would harm her. And the weird thing with the Nocebo effect, even if Wednesday isn't actually allergic to light on any physical level, she could experience physical symptoms as a result of psychological distress and her belief of what symptoms she should experience.

[rafaelafelixpimenta]

This video was very important to me because I finally get it why my sun allergy started!! I was suspecting it was about the medicine I'm taking but now that matpad confirms that that's possible, I kinda got my theory confirmed
Edit: my mother is allergic to cold, so maybe the extra sensibility to climate is a factor too

[amandagustafsson]

As a kid, I remember a neighbor I used to have who was allergic to the sun. I never got to actually see her except for once through a window and once walking with a black umbrella in her backyard. I remember being so confused about her condition. I hope she's doing well

[ragedgalaxy]

Wednesday being allergic to the sun is actually surprisingly fitting.

[jackie.spice.lattee]

This video intrigued me because for a majority of my life I was genuinely allergic to a color. Something in the color blue always made me react. Whether it was blue candy, blue toys, or even blue clothes, I’d always end up in the hospital with a life threatening allergic reaction. Hives, throat closing, vomiting, anaphylactic shock, etc. It caused me to essentially live in hospitals and doctor offices for my entire childhood, and the times I was well enough to go to school were just spent getting bullied to hell and back. (Cue me getting drawn on with blue markers by classmates, then promptly getting wheeled out by paramedics 10 minutes later.) It took about 16 years, but now I’m able to mostly incorporate the color into my life. I have to take six pills a day, and get two injections twice a month, but I’d say it’s worth it! It’s actually my favorite color now! As I type this, I’m wearing blue jeans; something I’d never dream of even touching two years ago :)

Personal anecdotes aside, this was an incredibly entertaining and insightful video! Keep it up!

[michaelplantarich]

You can also be allergic to different colored tattoo ink. I had a red ink that I had a bad reaction to, only to change artists (and ink brands) to get that fixed. Granted, it's not a light allergy, but it is a color allergy lol