What color is despair?

Despair is black because…

• “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.”

Despair is grey because…

• “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.”

Despair is blue because…

• “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. ”

Despair is purple because…

• “Its a mix of sadness and anger, i.e. blue and red.”

Despair is red because…

• “Red is an intense color, and despair is an intense form of suffering.”
• “It’s a feeling a bit similar to anger, which is mostly red.”