A plurality say down is black. Click a color to add your vote.
Down is black because…
“Down is black because things go darker the lower you go.”
“When you are standing on a cliff and look down, it is dark and a bottomless pit.”
“Endless void, and things naturally get darker the lower you go.”
“Arrows are usually represented in black, I guess.”
“Dark colors have visually greater mass.”
Down is brown because…
“Dirt.”
“Dig. I dig for hours, yet I find no end. All I see is brown. Please help me.”
“When I look down, there’s dirt and mud.”
“Down is brown because down is ground and ground is brown.”
“It’s the colour of the ground and dirt (which is beneath us); it’s a dark and dull colour which reminds me of the murky below.”
“Up is sky and down is earth, so brown.”
“Down to the ground, into the dirt below us. ”
Down is blue because…
“When you feel down or sad, you say you’re feeling blue.”
“Down is blue because it’s at the bottom of the colour wheel. ”
“Water is there if you dig down deep enough.”
“Red is up, so down is blue. Also, the word ‘down’ is similar to the word ‘drown,’ and drowning happens in water, which is blue.”
“Blue reminds me of dangling at the top of a rollercoaster and the subsequent freefall down!”
“Rain and sadness both fall.”
Down is red because…
“Hmm, I associate up with blue... so the opposite of blue?”
“In charts, downward trends are often shown in red.”
“Blue is up, like the color of the sky, so red or orange would be the opposite.”
“Reddit downvotes are red.”
Down is grey because…
“It’s how I feel when I feel down, it’s like the feeling of being meh.”
“Because of ‘rock bottom’, and rocks are usually grey. ”
“I’m feeling pretty down, and I can almost see grey clouds above my head.”
Down is green because…
“Grass.”
“Down is green because you walk on grass.”
Down is yellow because…
“It really depends on the meaning. Down the direction is brown-yellow. Down the fluff is blue-yellow. Down the landscape is white-yellow. These are not combinations or patterns—they’re the closest I can get to a real colour that exists.”