What color is horror?

A plurality say horror is black.
Click a color to add your vote.

“Scream masks.”
“Dark lighting is used a lot in horror movies.”
“Dark and gloomy.”
“Horror movies are usually very dark, both visually and metaphorically.”
“Darkness and the absence of something that should be there are the scariest things.”
“Fear and darkness.”
“Horror is black because it’s dark, duh!”
“Black Death sounds like a cool name for a grim reaper to have. Oh wait, a grim reaper wears black clothing. Oh wait, Black Death is a thing that cause a lot of deaths. Oh wow, horrifying! Oh wow, horror is definitely black!”

“Horror is red because red is usually defined as bad.”
“Blood is red, and also red is associated with fear.”
“Blood.”
“Red light lights up a room ominously.”
“Red because when someone screams you see their mouth which is red.”
“Rlood and gore in horror movies.”
“Red is typically the color I see on movie covers, posters, and books associated with horror. ”
“It’s the color of blood.”

“Black is dark, completely dark and you can’t see nothing and you can’t be scared of something you can’t see, right? But in grey there is more white, there is more light, enough light to see something darker.”