A plurality say Australia is orange. Click a color to add your vote.
Australia is orange because…
“I mean, I live in Australia, and I live in a place where it is mostly green. Yet the first colour I thought of when I read the word was the Outback, where the sand is orangey-red.”
“Orange like the mesas and deserts that Australia is known for.”
“In that one continents song, Australia is portrayed at orange.”
“Oceania’s color is orange, its biggest country is Australia. It has to be orange!”
“From a distance the sand has an orange hue.”
“A lot of the tourist merch from Australia is orange.”
“Oscar Piastri is Australian. He races for McLaren, and McLaren is orange.”
“Kangaroos and sand.”
“The dirt, desert, and heat. We always got told that Australia was an island, and when I think of islands I think of sand and the beach. Orange is kind of like that.”
“The kangaroos and outback remind me of orange.”
“The outback sand is orange.”
“It’s hot, and there’s sand, and the Outback is orange.”
“The bush.”
“Orange reminds me of sand, and there is a lot of sand there.”
“In all the pictures of the Austrailian outback, it’s orange.”
“Orange is a hot, arid color, just like the Australian climate.”
“Outback.”
“Kangaroos!”
“High UV.”
“Hot and dry, kiki bouba.”
“Prairie and kangaroos.”
Australia is blue because…
“Because Bluey is from Australia.”
“The ocean, the flag, the sky.”
“The flag and ocean.”
“Because Aussies are called true blues.”
“The flag.”
“Because its flag is mostly blue.
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“Because Australia is in Oceania and the ocean is blue.”
Australia is red because…
“It’s dangerous and it starts with an A.”
“Australia is dangerous, and danger is red to me. Also, Australia starts with an A, and A is red.”
“It’s down under, and if up is green, red is down, like when you lose stock in the stock market.”
“Usually when I think of the colour it depends on the first letter of the word, and this is A, and A is red.”
“Australia is red because I’m scared of Australia.”
Australia is yellow because…
“Aussie national team colours are yellow.
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“Our colours are yellow and green, and I feel like yellow encompasses our country more. It’s sunny and warm, and the people are mostly incredibly nice and friendly.”
“It’s hot.”
“I live in Australia, and it’s very sunny and warm. ”
Australia is green because…
“The green Olympic ring unofficially represents Australia.”
“Where I grew up, I was surrounded by lots and lots of trees, and Australia is known for nature, which is also green.”
“The national colours of Australia are green and yellow.”
“Aussie athletics are green and yellow.”
Australia is brown because…
“It’s very dry and the center is all desert.”
“Australia is brown because a lot of Australian animals are brown like platypuses and spiders.”
“Dirt.
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Australia is pink because…
“Oceania, the continent where Australia is located, is pink on the maps.
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