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

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

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).

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.😅

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.

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?

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

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!

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.

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 😂

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.

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

It’s funny you mention sun allergies because I tease my husband that he’s allergic to the sun. Not because it irritates his skin at all, but whenever he goes outside and the sun is out, he ALWAYS lets out a huge sneeze 😂

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

Wednesday being allergic to the sun is actually surprisingly fitting.

As someone with UV light allergy I never would’ve thought I would be able to see someone doing proper research into some thing I have been suffering with for decades… I’ve always loved the contents from the theorists but hats off to y’all.

How this crew takes a popular show, and makes a lesson, is got darn amazing. Keep it up Theory team! You guys are a buncha geniuses.

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.

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.

I actually knew the actor for Wednesday from the 1960’s show personally. She was a very sweet woman, with a lot of great stories from her experiences as a child actor. My mom met her on an airplane, which was how I knew her. They became very close friends and moved in with my mom and stepdad. But then things went south with my mom and stepdad and her and Lisa ended up moving in with my dad. They were both living there for a few months, which was when I ended up meeting her in person. My mom and Lisa went everywhere together. Unfortunately they had to split up because Lisa needed to go to rehab where she passed a few months later. She was in a lot of pain in her last few months but we did what we could to keep her active and healthy. She signed a picture of her as Wednesday shortly before she passed where she called me her friend. RIP Lisa.

She probably has porphyria. Symptoms include skin irritation and sensitivity to light. It also causes anxiety which she clearly has. Porphyria has been linked to seizures and mental confusion which could explain her "visions". Some forms of porphyria can affect how your body handles various nutrients like iron which might be why she was excited when they got showered in what she initially thought was iron rich blood at the dance. Its also usually inherited, and her mother has a lot of the same symtoms like an aversion to light and "visions".