Understanding the Significance of Bowel Movement Colors

2. Watery Green

If you haven't had any leafy green vegetables or foods with green dye lately, the explanation for green bowel movements might not be as innocent. If you don't recall eating any foods that might turn things a different shade, you could be having digestive issues. Bowel movements are typically brown in color because the bile in your digestive tract turns them that shade. Green stool in this case suggests food moved through your digestive tract too quickly for bile pigments to fully break down — a transit issue rather than a sign that something is wrong with bile production itself. Typically, this cause of green bowel movements would also cause them to be watery or runny.