The only time I feel the need to include some color in a description is when I'm trying to describe someone for whom a search is on. Nothing wrong with giving an accurate description.
That would be logical. However, on campuses (or campi as Rush calls them), you haven't properly identified someone unless you've recognized their gender identification, whether or not they're a vegetarian and what kind of vegetarian they are, and color.
I like to think of myself as Radiohead, the straight, meat eating, colored gal. : )