A plurality say childhood is yellow. Click a color to add your vote.
Childhood is yellow because…
“It is bright and joyful; emojis and smiley faces are usually yellow; and the color yellow stands out a lot and works perfectly with the happiness of childhood.”
“Yellow is happy, bright, and playful. It’s like a smiling sun.”
“Sunlight and peace and dreaminess.”
“Happiness and brightness and no worries.”
“Yellow is like the sun: beautiful and wonderful, but also annoying, and sometimes we wish it would leave.”
“Bright, fun, and playful. ”
“You were always happy…”
“Yellow is bubbly and fun like children.”
“Yellow is happy, just like childhood.”
“Childhood was always sunny and happy for me. As the saying goes: ‘The past always seems better’.”
“Sunny days.”
“Sunshine and happiness.”
“Yellow is joyful and bright—just like childhood.”
“Yellow is joyful and bright—just like childhood.”
“It’s a very vibrant memory.”
“I just remember yellow, its a primary color, the color of the sun, the color of joy.”
“Everything was bright, and apparently our eyes lose the ability to see color as we age, so truly, everything is brighter when we’re kids.”
“Because yellow represents happiness and that’s where I left all of mine.”
“Because I was always out in the sun.”
“It seems bright looking back, like a warm summer day. So I think yellow suits it best.”
Childhood is blue because…
“Blue is nostalgic. It’s everywhere.”
“I remember looking up at the sky after playing as a kid.”
“Childhood is the rainbow, but I chose blue because it is a color of nostalgia and innocence.”
Childhood is pink because…
“Pink was the main color of my childhood wardrobe.
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“Childhood is pink because it’s very light and happy and appears to have no worries.”
“Because my childhood room was pink.
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“Pink candy!”
“Pink is carefree and happy like childhood.”
Childhood is green because…
“Like grass.”
“Bright green grass everywhere when we were kids!”
“You pay more attention to nature in childhood: you play in grass, climb trees, etc.”
“The grass always seems much greener in childhood memories.”
“Young life and all that.”
“I was outside all the time.
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Childhood is orange because…
“Orange is the sepia flashback color.”
“My childhood was colorful, happy, and probably on the whole a rainbow, but orange sticks out the most.”
“A playful orange. Also I think orange is the most nostalgic color.”
“Flashbacks have an orange tint to them.”
“Orange like the sun. An orange that my mom peels for me. Orange juice at four. And that redhead boy I spent my time with.”
Childhood is purple because…
“It’s a beautiful colour.”
“That was the color of my childhood bedroom.”
“That was the color of my childhood carpet, and I always wanted to paint my walls purple as well.”
Childhood is red because…
“Childhood is red because I feel the anxiety that I felt growing up, and THAT felt red. ”
“Red is the beginning of the rainbow, and childhood is the beginning of living life.”
“A lot of those toys for really little kids are red. I think of those puzzle toys for little children as associated with childhood.”
Childhood is black because…
“Depressing and traumatic.”
“Because it was a dark and depressing time.”
Childhood is white because…
“It’s white because it’s full of possibility, and the color will come with experience.”
Childhood is grey because…
“It feels like a grey area, if that makes any sense.”