This is a list of the officially designated state symbols of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Most such designations are found in Chapter 12, Article 3 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated. The majority of the items in the list are officially recognized after a law is passed by the state legislature. New Mexico is the first state to adopt a state question: "Red or green?," referring to chile peppers. The state also has a prescribed answer: "Red and green or Christmas," encouraging the use of both colors of chile.