A plurality say English is blue. Click a color to add your vote.
English is blue because…
“The flags of the UK and Australia are mainly blue, and I associate the USA with blue too.”
“Most English speaking countries have blue in their flag. And English just seems blue.”
“Because my English grandma had a blue biscuit tin.
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“I was in the dual language class in elementary school. Half the day was in English and the other half was in Spanish. The English half was blue and the Spanish half was red.”
“The word English seems blue. Not a sad blue, but a curious, knowledgeable blue. My English teacher also gives a blue kind of vibe.”
“I think english would be a calm and collected person. Blue is the color of comfort. Maybe that’s because of my teacher.”
“Most English speaking countries have blue in their flags.”
“I speak multiple languages, and English just feels blue. (Chinese is red, and Spanish is yellow.)”
“The flag of the UK is mainly blue.”
“English is blue because blue is a nice English word.”
“The flag is mainly blue.”
“It’s either blue or yellow. Mainly blue.”
“My English folders are always blue.”
“My english book has always been blue.”
English is red because…
“The Redcoats.”
“Represents the British Empire, the redcoats, the Queen, the proud color hiding blood, plus typical colour for England in video games.”
“Red is the color of dusty old dictionaries in English libraries. It’s also the color of the Merriam-Webster dictionary.”
“E is red, and the English flag is a red cross.”
“English reminds me of the British flags, and the uniform that soldiers used to wear.”
“The British Empire is usually red on maps, and I’m a history nerd.”
“Red is on both the British and American flags, representing English-speaking countries. Also it’s always the color of my English folder. ”
“My English folder was red all throughout high school. ”
“That was the color of my English folder and notebook.”
“England’s flag has a big red cross on it.”
English is yellow because…
“Yellow because pencils, some paper is yellow, sticky notes are yellow, and books are often yellow.”
“Yellow paper and parchment—it just vibes.”
“Beans, buttery toast, and tea is yellow.”
“An English accent is blue, but I thought of English grammar (US) which feels yellow.”
“Beans and tea are yellow.”
“In Germany English books are often yellow.”
English is green because…
“Because all my English textbooks are green.”
“Dark green is a very literary color.”
“It just is. Science is blue, English is green. Even if books are red, English is green. English/Literature is natural, nature, nature is green, apples, English Teachers, green leaves.”
“Because ‘E’ is green and English starts with ‘E.’”
“Because my exercise book was green.”
“My English Google Classroom had a green background.”
English is white because…
“The funniest sounding English word is mayonnaise, which is white.”
“English is white because in our local 4 language library growing up, English Books had white tags.”
English is black because…
“Ink is black and language is written in ink.”
English is purple because…
“A mix of the red and blue found in the UK and American flag! Also, the color of my English notebook back in elementary school.”
“If you asked me a few months ago, I would have said blue, but my new English book is purple and that’s now firmly engrained itself into my brain. (I now have four different purple books!)”
“English books are purple in my school, and purple reminds me of of plural, which is grammar, which is like English.”
“English books are purple in England.”
English is orange because…
“English is orange because the letter E is also orange.”
English is brown because…
“It reminds me of leather bound English dictionaries. ”