A plurality say hindsight is blue. Click a color to add your vote.
Hindsight is blue because…
“When you can’t think clearly, something is clouding your judgement. Hindsight comes afterwards, so it’s like a clear blue sky after grey, cloudy weather.”
“In my eyes, it’s a very pale, greenish color, because when you look back, it’s usually tinged with melancholy and/or sadness.”
“Hindsight, being 20/20, is clear like a blue sky after the fog of uncertainty has lifted.”
“You need to be calm to properly reflect on previous events, and calmness is blue.”
Hindsight is grey because…
“Hindsight is grey because it’s looking back at the past, and the past is grey.”
“It’s always there to remind you, but you may never change it; it is grey like the stone it has set in.”
“Hindsight is often overlooked too late—a crisp black-and-white blurred to grey.”
“Hindsight means ‘past,’ and grey is the color of the past.”
Hindsight is black because…
“Hindsight for me means you can’t change anything now, which evokes feelings of regret. I would associate regret with black.”
Hindsight is yellow because…
“Hindsight is looking into the past. Yellow is a color of the past, as things like paper turn yellow as they age.”
“I think of hindsight as ideas, and the common characterization of ideas is a lightbulb, and the light is yellow.”
“Hindsight is golden.”
Hindsight is orange because…
“My baby brother said it’s like watching a sunset.”
Hindsight is green because…
“Hindsight is looking back on the past which gives me nostalgia, and nostalgia is green. ”
“Hindsight is 20/20, and 20 is a green number.”
“I picked green because when you look back on something you did, you find a better more correct way to do it, and correct is green. But in hindsight, I think hindsight should be blue.”
Hindsight is red because…
“The H really gives it a reddish-brown tone; this one’s really based on the letters rather than the word itself.”
Hindsight is brown because…
“Dirty back windshield.”
“When I hear hindsight, I automatically think of the hind legs of a dog, and dogs are usually brown.”
“I think of sepia tones and dust. Nostalgia washed away by the sands of time.”