A plurality say the 1970s are orange. Click a color to add your vote.
The 1970s are orange because…
“Hippie, bright with baggy clothes and flowers. Also just a fun, chill color.”
“I think that the 70s had bright colors like orange, but yellow is too bright and white is too pure.”
“Those carpeted, orange walls you see everywhere in old pictures of houses.”
“When I imagine the 70s I imagine the fashion: big jeans and bright colors like orange.”
“I associate orange with groovy and flower power and disco.”
The 1970s are purple because…
“Disco is purple, and disco is 1970s.”
“Disco was on the rise in the 70s, and I associate that music with bold colours.”
The 1970s are grey because…
“Everything before the 2000s is black and white which mix together to make grey.”
“There were no colors in 1970s.
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The 1970s are brown because…
“My parents’ photo album is from the 1970s, and all their photos are brown.”
The 1970s are yellow because…
“Like someone else said, 7 is yellow, so the 1970s are yellow.”
“It’s like a yellow and orangey vibe because it’s vibrant and thats what I think of when I think of 70s.”
“The 1970s are yellow because 7 is yellow too.”
The 1970s are pink because…
“Because of the funky disco stuff.
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“The 1970s are pink because the 1 is red, the 9 is black, the 7 is pink, and the 0 is white. The black and the white immediately cancel each other out, which leaves only red and pink. Out of those two, I picked pink because it feels more faded, and the 1970s also feel faded.”
“It reminds me of hippie culture and flowers.”
The 1970s are red because…
“The 1960s are orange and the 1980s are purple and the 1970s have to be a transitioning color, so red. ”