Green for hugs, red for no touching: US events introduce pandemic color coding

Event hosts are using stickers, lanyards or bracelets to differentiate who is comfortable with what kind of touch

To encourage better respect towards people's boundaries, event hosts are using colored accessories to help people communicate their comfort around physical touch, reports the Wall Street Journal.

As coronavirus restricts continue to be lifted, many physical acts of socializing - hugs, handshakes and everything in between, have become less comfortable for people. While some are excited to begin up-close-and-personal socializing, others are fiercely protective of their physical space. Hence, the creation of the colored-coded accessories, sometimes stickers, lanyards or bracelets, to differentiate who is comfortable with what kind of touch.