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Anxiety is orange because…
“Anxiety like Inside Out 2, but also it just feels fizzy.”
“It feels unstable.”
“Inside Out, but also Orange is the in-between of red and yellow, and like I feel like when my heart is racing it’s orange.”
“Could argue it’s because of Inside Out, but I think it’s specifically because of how it’s between red and yellow. Red is passionate and angry. Yellow is happy and exciting. Orange stands in the middle of that excitement and anger, combined with fear. That’s how anxiety feels, I think. In general, orange is a stressful, uncertain color.”
“The first thing that comes to mind is Inside Out.”
“Inside Out, definitely.”
“I have synesthesia, and whenever I have an anxiety attack everything around me begins to feel orange.”
“INSIDE. OUT.”
“Orange is chaotic and stressful.”
“Orange is a color that is stressful and random because it’s so bright and nauseating.
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“Orange can be warm and vibrant, yet at the same time still fuzzy and hence even unpredictable.”
“Orange is in that unstable medium between red and yellow. Plus, the pop culture references.”
“Inside Out.”
“Reminds me of prescription bottles...”
“Orange is chaotic and bright.”
“Anxiety from “Inside Out.””
““Inside Out”, of course.”
Anxiety is purple because…
“It feels like a dark purple to me. Not knowing what lies ahead, a fuzzy mixture of feelings and thoughts that you can’t get rid of.”
“Purple makes me nervous.”
“Purple feels gloomy, but light at the same time. Purple can also represent uncertainty too.”
“I feel like I see purple when I’m anxious.”
“Could be dark, could be safety.
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“Weird and distorted.”
Anxiety is red because…
“It feels like my body is warning me about future dangers and hurts; it feels like an alarm.”
“Not only is the word itself obviously red, the chest pain that comes with anxiety is as well.”
“Because to me it feels burning, and red is a very burning colour.
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“Anxiety is red because it reminds me of being stressed.”
“Warning sirens in the brain, brings un-ex-plain-ed mental pain.”
“Anxiety makes things feel scary and dangerous.”
“Reminds me of blood.”
“Very aggressive colour.”
Anxiety is black because…
“Anxiety reminds me of death.”
“Anxiety is black because when I get very anxious, I get a headache, and my head throbs, and it’s like the whole world fades to black with each throb.”
“Darkness, hopeless, empty, fear, paranoia.”
“Anxiety is like a large hole or a void, once you fall in, it can be almost impossible to get out.”
“Anxiety feels like a void you fall in.”
Anxiety is grey because…
“When it hits, it’s grey.”
“It makes me feel melancholy, and feeling melancholy makes me anxious. ”
“Inside the self help books for curing anxiety, anxiety is always illustrated as gray, and the cover is somebody in the dark or surrounded by gray.”
“It’s under-stimulating and makes me feel impatient.”
“Grey is neither white nor black, it’s in the middle and uncertain.”
Anxiety is yellow because…
“Bright and overwhelming.”
“Very strong presence, powerful, and can signal danger.”
“It’s vibration seemed anxious.
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“Reminds me of “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Which is fitting, because I just so happen to also be scared of bees.”
Anxiety is green because…
“Anxiety makes me feel sick, like I have a stomach ache.”
“Because it feels like nausea in the head—a swirling, churning, green mess of emotion.”
Anxiety is pink because…
“Red feels really hot whereas this pink feels closer to sauna hot, so anxiety being pink works with my idea of red being anger.”
Anxiety is white because…
“White sticks out a lot—just like anxiety. ”
“It feels like a flashbang that takes over your brain.”
“It’s like “Will there be anything in the future? Or will it be all blank?!? " White is all blank.”