A plurality say misery is black. Click a color to add your vote.
Misery is black because…
“It’s a severe depression.”
“It’s dark and depressing .”
“Blind to what can bring joy, left in the dark to be consumed by a overwhelming sea of emptiness. There’s a pit in your stomach, and it’s deep. You can’t see the bottom.”
“Dark, death, void.”
“Depression.”
“Black is the color of the void, which is often where you feel like you are when you’re miserable.”
Misery is grey because…
“Grey is the color of nothing, not literally of course, but it is the color of the grey scale. Grey is to be drained of color, and misery takes the color and life of the world.”
“Misery is a dark sad cloudy day that just fills you with dread”
“Grey is dull and empty. Black is agony, or something darker, but something you can contemplate. Misery is just rotting and nothing with no substance—like grey.”
“Misery kind of sounds like misty, which is like gray, foggy clouds. ”
“It’s empty and nothing; it’s wallowing in its own heaviness.”
“It is not dark and unpleasant so much as a big void.”
“What can be clearly seen cannot be misery. Misery lies in a place of utter confusion and untruth, no clarity.
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“Black looks aesthetically pleasing, grey is confused, grey is in misery.”
“Misery is grey because when a person is miserable they have no color in their life.”
“It’s gloomy.”
“Black is death, grey is misery. Grey is the color of a cloudy and rainy day, when there’s no sun in sight.”
“Grey clouds make me miserable.”
“Grey gives a feeling of emptiness like misery does.”
“It’s gloomy and grey, but not as dark as black.”
“Because it’s a shade, not even a colour. Also reminds me of old footage of miserable times: wars, economic depressions, etc.”
“Misery is dull; grey is dull.”
Misery is blue because…
“Because blue is sad.”
“A very specific blue like a grey blue. Because of rain.”
“Stephen King’s novel ‘Misery’ has a blue cover.”
“When you are sad, you are feeling blue.
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“Blue is common, it’s everywhere, and you know you’ll see it eventually; no matter what, you can’t avoid it. Like misery.”
“It’s not void of feeling; it’s visible enough to feel awful.”
“Blue is the color of sadness, the color of the tears that fall from your eyes when you feel pain. ”
“Sadness.”
“Blue, associated with sadness, can be also known as MISERY. Tears are blue, and you cry when you’re sad, and sadness is associated with MISERY.”
“Blue Monday, feeling blue.”
“Misery is sadness, and sadness is mostly portrayed as blue.”
Misery is brown because…
“Because brown is the color of sh*t so when you feel miserable, you feel like sh*t.”
“Feels like sad, muddy water on a sad day.”
Misery is purple because…
“Misery is purple like a bruise.”
Misery is red because…
“Misery is red because red is a sometimes a suspicious color.”
“Hell is red, and you are in misery in hell.”
Misery is white because…
“It feels blank and hopless.
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“Misery is white because it is the absence of pretty much any other feeling, and white is the absence of color.”