What color are the 1930s?
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A plurality say the 1930s are grey.
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The 1930s are grey because…
- “War time, economic crises, hardship, depression, sadness, emptiness.”
- “The Great Depression leached people of their joy.”
- “The 1930s are grey because pictures and videos would’ve had no color, and when you get old your hair turns grey and 1930s are old.”
- “Black and white cartoons.”
- “Black and white TV, of course, not to mention the Great Depression.”
- “Photos are gray in this decade.”
- “Black and white films and the great depression.”
- “The 1930s were when The Great Depression really started. The melancholy of this era and depression itself are things I always associate with grey.”
The 1930s are brown because…
- “History is brown.”
- “Like the dust in the dust bowl.”
- “Music from that time feels brown to me, and it’s not yet war, which would end up being black.”
- “Old things are brown.
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The 1930s are red because…
The 1930s are yellow because…
- “3 is yellow, and the number 3 in 1930 is the only number that defines that decade.”