What color is creativity?

Creativity is yellow because…

• “Creative people always shine like the sun. ”
• “Creativity is yellow because it reminds me of a light bulb that dings over someone’s head when they have an idea. ”
• “Because little kids draw creative drawings with a yellow sun in the corner. ”
• “Yellow is happiness, and being creative makes me happy.”
• “It’s bright and full of possibility!”
• “Because lightbulbs are yellow.”
• “Anything but green, green is not a creative color. Yellow fits the most.”

Creativity is purple because…

• “Purple to me is polka dots, paint, headbands and aprons—all very arty things.”
• “Purple is somewhat associated with magic, and I think magic is pretty creative.”
• “Well music is purple, and music is creative, but also purple is creative.”

Creativity is blue because…

• “Reach for the sky! The sky’s the limit!”
• “I really think it’s a rainbow, but if I had to pick one color I’d say cyan, which I’d call blue (though it could just as well be a vote for green).”

Creativity is pink because…

• “Creativity needs a certain degree of comfort. Pink is comfortable. ”
• “It’s kind of child-like, like it represents a child’s imagination.”
• “Creativity is pink because it is soft and tentative but beautiful and comes in many varieties.”
• “Creativity is about imagination, and imagination is that little part of a kid inside you. And pink just feels like a kind of childish color.”
• “I think it’s Pink because there aren’t many pink things in nature; I usually see it in man made creations.”

Creativity is green because…

• “Nature is green, and the concept of creativity could not exist without the original creations of the world around us.”

Creativity is orange because…

• “Creativity is active, fun, and whimsical. And bright orange as a color invokes feelings of energy, joy, and whimsy for me.”
• “It’s a very disliked color, but with creativity, it can be beautiful.”

Creativity is white because…

• “An open canvas.”
• “Creativity starts with the ability to see things when there is nothing there. ”
• “It’s a blank canvas to be filled with endless possibilities!”
• “Creativity is creating things from nothingness, which is what white is. Also white is a blank canvas.”

Creativity is black because…

• “Because black is a mix of all the colors, and creativity is basically a lot of ideas.”

Creativity is brown because…

• “When a child is learning to paint, they often mix all the colors together, and it makes a muddy brown.”

Creativity is grey because…

• “The pencil tip is grey.”
• “You can turn grey walls into something very beautiful...”