A plurality say ennui is purple. Click a color to add your vote.
Ennui is purple because…
“In Inside Out, Ennui is purple.”
“Ennui from Inside Out.”
“Ennui is purple because ennui from Inside Out is purple.”
Ennui is grey because…
“It just seems... flat. There’s no stimulation, no excitement.”
“I think of ennui as being a feeling of dullness or lack of vibrancy, and thus grey.”
“Because being bored is generally accompanied by a sense of monotony, which is often associated to the colour grey because of its neutrality.”
“When the sky is overcast, it foreshadowes something heavy. It hides the cheerful blue sky, the warmth of the sun, and fills me with something akin to melancholy. A storm is brewing.”
“It’s boring and plain.
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Ennui is blue because…
“Being bored and sad because there is nothing to do? That’s like being trapped under the deep sea, you cannot do anything and just be in the shadow realm of boredom.”
“It reminds me of melancholy and heavy rain.”
“It’s dreary.”
Ennui is brown because…
“Ennui is brown because when you’re bored, you don’t see colorful things and sit there and look at a wall.”
“It’s like the word ew and mot people don’t like brown.”
“Brown things are generally dull-looking, and thus look unsatisfying.”
Ennui is green because…
“The word itself feels different from the actual meaning, and that contrasting light is very green to me.”