A majority say illness is green. Click a color to add your vote.
Illness is green because…
“Rotting things are green, mucous is green, and when you’re nauseous, you become green around the gills. Vomit is brown, not green, by the way. What the heck are you all eating that it’s green? Uranium?”
“It’s the certified sick color.”
“The color of puke.”
“Depictions of viruses and bacteria are often green.”
“Green is the color used in cartoons for nausea.”
“You look ‘green in the gills.’
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“Green is the color of most bodily fluids when sick.”
“Because germs and sickness in media are usually presented as the color green.”
“People, when sick, are often called ‘sickly green.’”
“Your face turns a little green when you’re sick, supposedly, and also the cartoony color of vomit is usually green.”
“It’s the colour of snot.”
“Puke.”
“Boogers.
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“Mucus is green, and you get a lot of it when you’re sick.”
“That one sick emoji who’s vomiting.”
Illness is black because…
“Illnesses can lead to death, and death is black.”
“I imagine a dark grey-blue, but it’s closest to black. Kind of rusty, rainy? Like mildew almost? ”
“The plague doctors wore black suits and masks.”
Illness is yellow because…
“Phlegm is yellow.”
“It’s the color of infection.”
Illness is grey because…
“It’s dull and slow. It makes me think of lazy rainy days. And sneezing. And that achy feeling that comes with certain kinds of sickness.”
“All color seems a little muted when sick.”
“If you’re really sick, your skin might lose its color and look more grey. It’s also not fully white or black, like it’s not at its brightest or darkest, and that’s kinda what illness is.”