We never have used my grandmother's many-colored patchwork quilt, handsome as it is, for we Munchkins do not care for any color other than blue, so it has been packed away in the chest for about a hundred years.

When I found it, I said to myself that it would do nicely for my servant girl, for when she was brought to life she would not be proud nor haughty, as the Glass Cat is, for such a dreadful mixture of colors would discourage her from trying to be as dignified as the blue Munchkins are." "Is blue the only respectable color, then ?" inquired Ojo.
"Yes, for a Munchkin.

All our country is blue, you know.

But in other parts of Oz the people favor different colors.

At the Emerald City, where our Princess Ozma lives, green is the popular color.