Well now that's none of your business

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Once upon a job, I worked for a warehouse, and employment supports AKA Job coaches. This one time, one of them came to visit us and see how we were doing. All the while, they came up and their clients, including me what color they preferred. Blue or orange and wrote them down. When I asked why, she got smart with me and said, "Well, that's none of your business."

Why did she come up and ask us about our favorite colors and not tell us why?

It's quite natural to ask why when someone comes up to you and asks you a question as random as that. Even if they don't want to give you a reason, they could have just said, "it's just something we have to ask" or "no reason really, just asking" or something.

I remember when I was about 16 a friend showed me her bracelet, and I said, "that's nice, where did you get that from?" and she said, "none of your business". Well, if she took the trouble to show off her new bracelet to a friend then it is my business. Usually asking someone where they got something from is a normal thing to ask when someone shows you something of theirs. It's how conversation works.

This is the sort of situation I would feel obligated to get obtuse in.

"Do you like orange or blue?"

"no."

I like red myself