A majority say madness is red. Click a color to add your vote.
Madness is red because…
“The mad emoji is red.”
“It’s the color most frequently associated with hatred, anger, aggression and war. Also bulls get aggressive when they see the color red.”
“The root of the word ‘madness’ is the word ‘mad.’ The word ‘mad’ is akin to anger, and anger is red.”
“It seems like the most aggressive colour.”
“Mad, angry red.”
“Red is madness because it’s a strong and fiery color.”
“Madness is like craziness, which is chaotic and dangerous. I associate danger with red, so therefore madness is red.”
“Madness is like craziness, which is chaotic and dangerous. I associate danger with red, so therefore madness is red.”
“Anger is red, and madness is related to anger. Why is anger red? Because when you experience anger, you ‘steam up,’ or you ‘turn bright red’ because someone or something annoys you.”
Madness is purple because…
“The devil emoji is purple.”
“My first thought was red for mad, but madness is more like crazy or psychological distress, so that’s purple to me.”
“The Mad Hatter.”
Madness is black because…
“There’s nothing left when you’ve gone mad.”
Madness is orange because…
“Usually I would say red, but I’ve been looking at what our president is doing lately.”
“Madness is crazy, and orange is a crazy color.”
Madness is yellow because…
“It smashes the eye with brightness.”
“When I think of madness, I think of Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls, and he is yellow.”
Madness is green because…
“Madness is a sort of sickness, and sickness is green.”
Madness is blue because…
“Madness, as in insanity, is a slipping of the brain; it no longer functions in the way it’s supposed to. Perhaps it doesn’t receive enough oxygen (which turns muscle red), and so it’s blue.”
“Stereo Madness from Geometry Dash is themed as a blue level.”
Madness is brown because…
“Madness is very foolish and or a very bad decision that is ‘stupid,’ and stupid is a brownish color.”
Madness is grey because…
“I think of empty eyes, meaningless smiles, terrifying grins, babbled nonsense that sounds poetic, and silence. Grey.”
“Madness is grey because its a mix of white and black, of light and dark, a mix of two things that are the exact opposite. It stands out, confused on what it is, not light enough to be light, but not dark enough to be the absence of light. It’s a mix of night and day, yet it’s stuck in the middle.”
Madness is white because…
“Madness is white because I think of an asylum and going crazy.”
“I think about an asylum covered in white walls and going mad.”