In a look at immigration on The Daily Show, correspondent John Hodgeman decides to make things easier for people to identify peoples' ethnicity in the U.S. via a simple method - using paint samples, something the modern ethnographer should never be without.

For example, host Jon Stewart's tone works out to be: Fresh Butter.

For Tiger Woods, his African-American, Chinese, Native American, Thai and Dutch Chinese ancestry is captured with a Copper Mountain Russet, with just a hint of Sienna Clay.

"I don't name them, I just pick them up at the hardware store," said Hodgeman.

Of course, eventually, all of humanity will be the same color: Soft pumpkin.

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