What color is loss?

Loss is black because…

• “Funerals are black.”
• “Loss is black because black feels like mourning.”
• “Black is the color at funerals. Black is mourning and grief to me.”
• “Black is the void that a loss leaves in you.”
• “Loss is nothing. You get nothing. Black... is nothing.”
• “There is the with and without; black is the without of light. ”
• “Loss feels like darkness and helplessness—it feels like no light.”
• “Black is loss because loss is dark and dark is black.”
• “Loss is black because after you lose something it’s gone into the abyss or void.”

Loss is grey because…

• “Grey is a numb and mourning color, like the word loss. ”
• “Grey feels like a void, a sign of a nearing end. ”
• “It’s gloomier than black, and not as finite. ”
• “It feels like a haze.”
• “Loss is grey because grey is numb and kinda cold. You don’t really know what to do with it.”
• “It’s the absence of something, yet there is still the feeling of loss with you. Whilst black is nothing, grey has more colour in it, which represents the feeling of the loss that is left behind.”
• “I kinda see black but grey fits the numbness more.”
• “Grey skies equal sadness and loss.”
• “The ‘Loss’ strip from ‘Ctrl-Alt-Del’, is mostly grey. ”

Loss is blue because…

• “Blue is sad.”
• “Tears are blue. ”
• “Sadness.”

Loss is red because…

• “Red is bad and losing is bad.”

Loss is white because…

• “White is empty. We feel empty with loss.”
• “White lost all its color.”

Loss is yellow because…

• “It’s the sun peaking through clouds. Losing something implies you can still feel it. ”