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Brooklyn is brown because…
“When I imagine Brooklyn, I imagine bricks but not new ones. The old faded ones.”
“Brooklyn is brown because of the buildings, the bricks, and the sort of old feeling.”
“They both start with B.”
“It’s very sophisticated; the brown is like the wood from a library.”
“When I think of Brooklyn, I think of the 1930s. Mostly through association with Steve Rogers.”
“Brooklyn Bridge and most buildings are that color.”
“Brooklyn is brown because BR is in both of them. Also Brooklyn seems very rustic to me.”
“Idk, I feel like New York is just super dirty.”
“It gives off a richly brown aesthetic.”
“Just feels right. It’s full of so much culture and brown usually is what happens when you mix all colors (cultures) together. ”
Brooklyn is blue because…
“I imagine a city with a blue filter over it.”
“Blueklyn.
”
“Because the good ol’ America has red, white and blue on the colors. North is blue, New York is cold, cold is blue. Brooklyn is in New York—it’s blue!”
“Brook equals water equals blue.”
“I didn’t know where Brooklyn was (I live in Europe) so I read it was in New York, which reminded me of NYC at night, which was blue.”
Brooklyn is grey because…
“Because there are so many rats!”
“I haven’t seen a single image of Brooklyn that doesn’t have some concrete in it.”
“Concrete jungle.”
“Concrete.
”
Brooklyn is red because…
“The first thing that came to mind was Miles Morales, and he’s Spider-man, and a color associated with Spider-man is red.”
“Because that’s where Mario is from.”
Brooklyn is black because…
“The Brookyln Nets’ main color is black.”
“The Nets.”
“The Brooklyn Nets are the first thing I think of when I think of Brooklyn, and their team color is black.”
“The Brooklyn Nets.”
Brooklyn is green because…
“Brooklyn is green because the Statue of Liberty is in New York, too. But maybe also blue. You know? Hard to explain.”