Infographic: The Cartoon Color Wheel

As if you needed this, a fantastic way to waste several hours of your time. From Slate:

Why are the Smurfs blue? Why is Doug’s Beebe Bluff purple? Our aim is not to answer these existential questions. When asked why the Simpsons are yellow, Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa) explained only that Matt Groening “thought that it would be really funny if, when people watched The Simpsons, they thought that maybe the color on their TV was off.” Indeed, these characters simply travel in different worlds — worlds, it’s worth remembering, in which humans of all races would often be oddly colored outcasts. (In one episode of The Simpsons, Homer warns of “horrible freaks, with pink skin, no overbites, and five fingers on each hand!”)

We invite you to explore our color wheel. Is that a purple Tiny Toon? A glaucous ThunderCat? Hover your mouse over the character to find out.

You know you want to check it out. And you can right here.