A plurality say left is blue. Click a color to add your vote.
Left is blue because…
“Right is red and left is blue.”
“Every time there’s one of those things that shows you your right and left hand (or those dancing mat things, with the shoe prints) left always seems to be blue, and right is red.”
“It’s usually aligned with liberal political ideologies and the Democratic Party.”
“Left is blue because left means Democrats, and Democrats are blue.”
“Right is red, so left is blue.”
Left is red because…
“Left-wing politics like communism.”
Left is green because…
“Left wing politics are concerned with ecology.
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“Left-wing politics are more concerned with ecology, which is green.”
“Left feels like nature; also the D66 party in the Netherlands.”
Left is yellow because…
“Left is a warm color and left and yellow share the letters ‘le.’”
Left is white because…
“Left is more of a bright gray than a white, but white approximates it better than a neutral gray.”
Left is purple because…
“I’m a lefty and my favorite color is purple.”
“Purple is kind of a color that feels a bit lonely, because left is not just a direction, it is also a different form of the word leave. And as for the direction, I feel like ‘left’ in general is kinda just funky in some sort of way, like not many people are left-handed, and purple is also a kind of funky color.”
Left is orange because…
“I’m right-hand dominant, so the colours I use most often are right; less often are orange.”
“Heat. Where I’m from, on a map, directly left is Africa, and I associate Africa with heat and sandy deserts.”
Left is grey because…
“The letters sound grey and left is not my dominant hand.”
Left is brown because…
“Left in general is dark orange, but brown is the closest. Down is black, up is white, right is pink.”