A plurality say maturity is black. Click a color to add your vote.
Maturity is black because…
“It’s not a bright, childish color, unlike the colors that are in the rainbow.”
“It represents a move away from bright colors and a more refined, simplified outlook.”
“One word: Tuxedo.”
“Maturity comes with age, and as you get older, you realize that the world is not a good place.”
“Boring adult-y things are black.”
“Black is devoid of color, just like an adult’s life.”
“It’s not a bright, childish color, unlike the colors that are in the rainbow.”
“Every important document is in black text.”
Maturity is brown because…
“Like an oak barrel that whisky has aged in, or an old leather jacket you’ve owned for years and perfectly fits you, or the thick bark of a towering redwood tree.”
“Tree trunks are brown. Trees are old and mature.”
“When trees mature they get bark which is brown.”
“My mum’s favorite color is brown. I thought it was boring and ugly when I was a kid but I get it now.”
“In one of the books i read, there was a line that went (paraphrased) ‘Don’t wear pink lipstick, it’s childish. Here, wear brown lipstick, it looks more mature.’ ”
Maturity is grey because…
“Boring and adult-like.”
“Well, old and mature people have grey hair. ”
“Because old people are mature and they have grey hair.”
“Life all blurs into the same events on repeat. They’re all dull like the color grey.”
“The primary colors are showy, bold, and spontaneous like children, and grey is the opposite of a primary color.”
“I feel like the more you mature the more you realize the world isn’t black and white. Like when you start to see nuance in everything.”
“It feels gray and dreary.”
“When you reach maturity, you lose certain aspects of your childhood. Childhood is full of colorful wonder, so maturity would be colorless, and the closest approximation of colorless as a shade is gray.”
“Grey because being an adult is depressing.”
“Grey hair.”
Maturity is purple because…
“Boys usually only wear purple once they are comfortable on their masculinity, which makes them mature. ”
“Like an old grape.”
“It’s a more bold kinda color which seems adult-ish.”
“Purple, like maturity, is associated with wisdom and elegance.”
“It feels less childish, as it’s an opposite of yellow, which is seen as childish.”
Maturity is blue because…
“I think people of all ages love it.”
“Maturity is specifically navy blue because it feels like the older version of sky blue, the color of childhood.”
“Blue because if you are mature, people look up to you, and if you look up you see the sky, which is blue.”
Maturity is red because…
“Because it is vibrant and knows itself.”
“The letter M is pretty red to me. So is ‘Mother.’ And Maturity reminds me of my mother, so it’s red.”
Maturity is green because…
“Maturity is the verdancy of the soul.”
“Green represents growth.”
“Maturity is green because you grow into maturity and growth is green.”
“Plants are green and grow and when you grow, you mature.
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“You’ve grown to become mature.”
“Green, like the growth of a tree. Also maturity is also a term for fully grown plants.”
Maturity is orange because…
“I feel like orange is a boring colour, one that many adults wear to seem neutral.”
Maturity is yellow because…
“Maturing is a good thing in some cases, and yellow is bright and happy.”