What color is California?

California is orange because…

• “It’s the golden coast.”
• “California is really sunny, and sunsets and sunrises are orange.”
• “Because on the maps in school when I learned where California was, it was orange.”
• “California poppies are orange.”
• “The fires.”
• “California feels like summer and fall—from the name it just feels like orange.”
• “I’d say it’s because it’s really hot, but it really isn’t. I guess the C just makes it orange?”
• “It’s warm and matches 2016 aesthetics.”
• “The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ song Californication—the album cover is mainly orange.”
• “Hot.”

California is red because…

• “Red is the hottest color, and California is also very hot. Also, there are those red desserts and cliffs.”
• “Californication of course.”

California is yellow because…

• “California is the golden state, full of sun, and it has the Lakers, who are yellow.”
• “It’s sunny there.”
• “California gold rush.”
• “Because it’s called the Golden State.”
• “It’s the golden state, and gold is yellow-ish.”
• “Because it’s sunny and the sun is yellow.”
• “C is yellow, I imagine California to be sunny, and I have a Cousin who lives in California and they have yellow hair.”
• “The California sun.”

California is blue because…

• “It’s cold and it’s by the coast and the skies are always blue.”
• “Blue, because when I think of California, I think of the ocean.”

California is pink because…

• “California girls, we’re unforgettable! California girls, we’re undeniable!”
• “I have no idea where California is or what it’s like, but the spelling makes me think of flamingos.”

California is brown because…

• “Brown bears.”
• “The first thing I thought was the bear in their flag.”