In most cases i’ve seen it’s like this:
Blue - (insert your country’s language)
Red - Math
Green - Science
Yellow - History & Geography
For other subjects it varies from school to school.
I have mostly seen it where Yellow and Blue are swapped, but otherwise I agree.
In my times I don’t recall such association, so I’m making this up.
It depends a lot of the curriculum, but I’d try something like:
- Literature - purple, due to purple prose. #7F007F.
- Native language, textual comprehension - red; fire, home. #BF0000.
- Any non-native language, including “foreign” ones and government ones - yellow? #BFBF00 fits I guess?
- Maths - black. Mostly because the most important number is zero, so it gets #000000.
- Chemistry - blue because it’s a colour that you barely see in nature, #0000BF. (It reminds me copper sulphate.)
- Biology - green, #00BF00.
- Physics - can I get ultraviolet here? If not, probably grey, #7F7F7F.
- Geography - if not going with an earthy hue I’d not take it seriously, so #3F1F00.
- History - rose to remind you that it’s always seen with rose-coloured glasses, so #FFAFAF.
Philosophy, computer stuff, civic order, similar: no idea.
Currently for me it’s like this:
- physics: blue
- chemistry: reddish-brown
- maths: yellow
- english: also blue fsr
English - Blue with yellow sticker
Spanish - Purple with pink sticker
Math - Green with orange sticker
History - Orange with green sticker
Bio/Chem/Physics - yellow with pink sticker
Elective - Red with green or yellow sticker
I left high school literally 20 years ago, and I still remember the colors!
Red for English/language arts Blue for math Green for science Yellow for geography/social sciences/ history