What color is despair?

A plurality say despair is black.
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“The phrase ‘the black pits of despair’ is floating around my head.”
“Despair is lack of any shining, brilliant, beautiful hope, so it must be utter darkness.”
“Despair is black because it is a void of nothing. Depression is black, so despair is black. It is a dark rabbit hole that is easy to slip down, with nothing but sadness.”
“It reminds me of the phrase ‘the depths of despair,’ and black communicates those dark depths.”

“Black is certain, Grey however is unsure of what it is.”
“Grey is such a sad colour. It’s devoid of emotion, but also there’s a sad undertone to it. A little like despair.”
“Despair as an emotion is cold, bleak, and empty—just like the color gray.”
“Despair is colorless.”
“Grey is despair because its a boring color that embodies lack of substance, where as black feels more filled.”
“It’s a grey outlook on life.”
“It feels empty, the same way despair makes you feel.”
“Despair is like grey rainclouds.”
“It’s meaningless and empty like grey.”

“It’s like sadness but more extreme. If there were a darker blue that’s what it would be.”
“Despair is deep sadness, which reminds me of the color blue.”
“Blue tears.”
“Blue means sad.”
“Blue is sadness, sorrow, and all the other emotions that represent despair.”
“Tears in cartoons are blue.”
“Sadness is blue, therefore despair is blue. ”