What color is health?

Health is green because…

• “Pharmacies in europe often have green flashing signs outside.”
• “Health items in games; eating your greens; green signs of pharmacies in France...”
• “Green leafy veggies are healthy.”
• “Healing is often associated with nature. Potions, green symbols with leaves, even just a tree—all associated with health.”
• “Plants are health, and plants are green.”
• “Green is a very neutral color, and neutrality is related to homeostasis, and homeostasis is health.”
• “Nature is peace and wellness, and I associate that with being healthy.”
• “Green is health because in video games, when you heal up, you see green particles.”
• “Green is positive, as is health.”
• “Green is good and it is the colour of pharmacy signs.”
• “Green represents life.”
• “The health bars in video games are green when full.”
• “It’s the color of pharmacies.”
• “Health is green because the earth used to be green all over when it was healthy, before pollution.”
• “Green is a sign that a plant is prospering and well-watered. It just feels healthy.”
• “Health is green because it is the color of many health organizations, the global goal about it, and several doctor outfits. Health is also green because it soothes the eye and is a calm color featured in many hospitals.”

Health is red because…

• “Blood, ambulances, the Geneva Convention, people!”
• “Hearts, blood, the Red Cross.”
• “Red Cross. ”
• “The Geneva Convention.”
• “The Red Cross. ”
• “Its the color of those little medikits with the white cross.”
• “Blood, the heart, and lots of organs.”
• “Blood and heart.”
• “Blood is red, heart is red, an alive person is red.”
• “Blood.”
• “The red cross can often be found on first aid kits.”
• “Health bars in video games are typically red.”
• “The red cross represents health.”
• “Blood is red, which is almost always related to health.”
• “I think of a red health bar in video games, and hearts.”
• “The sign on ambulances is red.”

Health is blue because…

• “Blue latex gloves.”
• “Hospitals, scrubs, antiseptic substances, indexed journals, etc, are mostly blue. Blue is the color of cleanliness and it is thus the color of health.”
• “Blue is the color of well-being, and it’s soothing to look at. It’s when you can look up at the sky and take a deep breath without your nose being clouded with sickness.”

Health is white because…

• “Doctors wear white clothes.”
• “White is the colour of bandages and healing.”
• “Hospitals are white.”

Health is pink because…

• “Because rosy cheeks are considered healthy. Also, pink to me symbolises youth, and youth and health are associated with each other.”
• “The heart is pink, so health is too.”
• “Health just feels pink, like a heart.”

Health is yellow because…

• “Because it signifies joy, and joy is health, and it’s related to the sun, which is important for health and life.”