A plurality say guilt is grey. Click a color to add your vote.
Guilt is grey because…
“You feel horrible when you feel guilty, and grey is that color.”
“Grey is the color of prison walls.”
Guilt is black because…
“Your heart feels black when you feel guilty.”
“Guilt feels dark and heavy like the color black.”
“It’s a heavy color.”
“Black is a colour of mourning; its a heavy feeling that may never lift.”
“It’s similar to grief; there are stages between numbness, sadness, anger, etc.”
Guilt is purple because…
“Guilt is purple cause it feels poisonous. Even if you’re guilty about something good you did to someone bad. And poison is either purple or green.”
“It’s the result of anger and sadness, red and blue.”
“Purple is mystery and weirdness.”
Guilt is green because…
“Green is a color that actually makes me think of bad things like poison or deforestation or chemicals, and guilt is a bad thing.”
“Guilt is a similar feeling to disgust, just directed towards the self, and disgust is also green.”
“It feels gross.”
“The turning in your stomach from guilt feels acidic, and acid is green.”
“It’s the pit in your stomach that makes you feel sick, and green is sick.”
Guilt is orange because…
“It’s like acid; it eats away at everything else on your mind, in your head, and leaves you with the last thing you want to remember.”
“Guilt manifests itself as anxiety. I feel like orange is a bright loud color, and gives the same energy as anxiety.”
“Prisoners wear orange jumpsuits.”
“Guilt feels a bit like anxiety, and Anxiety from Inside Out 2 is orange.”
“Guilt feels dirty, like a Cheetos bag.”
Guilt is red because…
“When you’re found guilty, you’re caught red-handed.”
“I associate guilt with embarrassment and turning red.”
“I feel like guilt is red because when people acknowledge that they are guilty they get embarrassed, and when people are embarrassed their cheeks flush red.”
Guilt is brown because…
“You bury your guilt, and dirt is brown.”
Guilt is blue because…
“It’s sad and mixed up and like a rainy, blue day.”
Guilt is yellow because…
“Yellow is embarrassment, and when I’m guilty, I’m embarrassed.”