A plurality say fear is purple. Click a color to add your vote.
Fear is purple because…
“It’s a mixture of sadness—blue—and anger—red.
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“That’s the colour Fear was in the movie Inside Out.”
“Purple is mysterious and unknown. Like fear.”
“The character from Inside Out.”
“Like that one guy said, Blocktales.”
“Mixture of anger (red) and sadness (blue).”
“The scared purple dude from Inside Out.”
“Most people are afraid of the unknown, and in the song “Into the Unknown” from Frozen 2, Elsa wears a purple dress.”
“Inside Out. Also, the scared emotion in the Sims 4 is purple.”
“Block Tales.”
“Inside Out.”
“It is not calm like green; neither is it angry and harsh like red.”
Fear is black because…
“Fear is all encompassing and suffocates everything, else it’s so overpowering, like the color black.”
“Not being able to see. The darkness. The unknown.”
“Spiders, darkness, holes, death.”
“Black is the dark, and the dark is scary.”
“It’s dark and abysmal.”
“It’s the darkest color, and you don’t know what could be inside of it. Also, it seems the scariest.”
“Lots of people are scared of the dark, so naturally fear is black.”
“Fear swallows you whole. It brings you down to the pit. The endless void of darkness consumes you. ”
“We are afraid of the unknown, and the darkness hides things from us.”
“Darkness.”
“I fear darkness.”
“Darkness is black, and darkness is fear-inducing.”
“Because many people are scared of the dark.”
Fear is red because…
“It’s like alarm bells ringing in your head, and alarms usually emit a red light.”
“Red usually represents poison or danger in nature.”
“It’s alarming feeling—I think red suits it the best.”
“It’s an intense color that is typically used for stop signs and also the color of error when someone gives the wrong answer to a question. It’s also the color of the devil, hence the element of fear.”
Fear is grey because…
“It is just lighter than the night, just before the end of all. The only place for fear to delve.”
“Fear is a dark emotion, but not as dark as something like grief or dread.”
Fear is orange because…
“Orange makes me think of anxiety”
“Orange is an uneasy color.”
Fear is brown because…
“Brown is like creaking floorboards and giant spiders.”
Fear is white because…
“When you’re scared, you turn pale, and people say, ‘You look as white as a ghost.’”
“Being scared for your life makes your instincts kick in and decreases rational thinking, your mind is blank, and you feel a beating in your chest; there’s a reason it’s called white hot fear; it’s a color that reminds us of death and how panicked we feel when we’re in danger.”
Fear is pink because…
“Fear is pink as it reminds me of being a doctor and seeing all the disgusting organs and muscles, which I fear.”