A plurality say disapproval is red. Click a color to add your vote.
Disapproval is red because…
“The ‘X’ emoji is red.”
“Disapproval means someone is raising an alarm towards something that is not right, or not done right. Alarms that signal something that needs immediate attention usually have red lights.”
“Red means wrong.”
“Disapproval is often harsh, and red exemplifies that.”
“Incorrect marks on tests.”
Disapproval is grey because…
“Disapproval is hard to describe; it’s not an intense feeling, but a dull sense of under-accomplishment. And grey is dull.”
“Grey feels inherently empty, stuck between two phases with little identity for itself, and that’s what disapproval feels like.”
“It comes from people who often wear grey because they’ve forgotten what joy is.”
“Grey is disapproval because it gives off that feeling of dissatisfaction and emptiness. ”
“It’s not black which would be fully hate, its just there, grey and lurking, dark and light, a faded memory that refuses to wash out.”
“Gray best encapsulates the feeling of being disapproved of, which is sad and can be depressing.”
Disapproval is brown because…
“Bad colour; bad feeling.
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“The colour brown is associated with emptiness and loneliness, and that’s how I feel when someone disapproves of me.”
“It’s not a bold, angry color like red or black, but it’s not warm either. Like disapproval.”
Disapproval is black because…
“Getting disapproval from someone is a dark and bad feeling, like the color black.”
“It’s a dark, dreadful feeling when it comes from someone you value.”
“Black makes me feel the same way disapproval does sometimes.”
Disapproval is purple because…
“It’s like red but less straightforward.”
“It just seems like an ugly colour.”
Disapproval is orange because…
“It’s annoyed at you. That’s just the vibe. It doesn’t approve and you’re pissing it off.”