Hawkeye & BJ | The Louvre

per watson, yes they are (a little bit) green because they have green blood. spock has been referred to as a "[not so] little green man" in canon. it's therefore not unreasonable and directly supported by the text to assume that IF star trek was REAL, then vulcans would be (A LITTLE BIT) green.

per doyle though, star trek is NOT real and therefore making them green in canon - i.e. the real world - would be making pseudo-jewish characters with a jewish-inspired culture played by jewish actors green and that absolutely is offensive. fanwork has a liiiiittle more leeway with that because it is another step removed from reality than canon is, and because there are no actual real jews being costumed that way, but it's still something of a balancing act.

which leads handily into how some of y'all are NOT balancing, babes!! some of y'all are out here drawing vulcans fucking asparagus green. fucking grass green. fucking pea green. you got my man looking like a peeled avocado. looking like a kale smoothie sold at overpriced gentrified hipster brunch. bro their SKIN isn't green, their BLOOD is green do you realize that. that's why they would be greenISH if star trek was real. they would not fucking be THAT green girl!!

spock has pale skin with little melanin and tuvok has dark skin with much melanin - and tuvok is black like human beings are black, not dark green! and the only non-visual canon thing that mentions green does NOT say green skin. it says green, copper-based blood. spock would not be GREEN green the way white people irl aren't walking around fucking tomato fire engine stop sign coca-cola brand cherry fucking red.