Many states use color-coded tiers to signal coronavirus restrictions. Why are they all wildly different? Credit...Richard Mia April 2, 2021 In California, the color of suffering is the juicy purple of seedless grapes. In Alabama and Alaska, itâs blood-colored. Blue signifies safety in many states, unless the blue is navy and youâre in Utah, in which case it communicates total catastrophe â the worst conditions possible. In New Mexico, nothing is better than green except for a color the governorâs office used to call âgreen-plus,â before it was changed to turquois...