“A 2023 letter published in JAMA Surgery examined patient preferences regarding the color of scrubs physicians wore and found that patients most identified physicians wearing green scrubs as surgeons and those wearing blue scrubs to be the most caring, whereas those wearing black scrubs were associated mostly with negative characteristics (least knowledgeable, skilled, trustworthy, and caring)

Firouzbakht, P. K., Zhang, A., Nguyen, D. C., Slovacek, C., Daytz, A. E., Tanna, N., & Chen, K. (2024). Public Perception of Scrub Color and Style in Plastic Surgery. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open, 12(6), e5888.