A plurality say north is blue. Click a color to add your vote.
North is blue because…
“I live in the north, and when it’s snowing and the sky is getting darker, everything seems blue.”
“They are both cool.”
“Blue is icy as is the north.”
“Most countries known to be cold are in the North, and frost/snow/ice is bluish.”
“North is up and the sky is up.”
“Blue is cold and so is the North.”
“Reminds me of the Aurora Borealis!”
“Blue is a cool color and it makes me think of the north, which is cold.”
“Cold, chilly, icy.”
“North is blue because north is cold and blue is cold, and blue is north on the magnet somehow.”
“Because east is red, south is green, and west is purple.”
“It’s cold up north, but also north points up and the sky is blue!”
“Blue on a magnet is North. Also, blue is cold and the farther North you go, the colder it is.”
“North is cold for most of us. And blue is cold.”
“Blue is cold, just like the North Pole.”
“The North is cold and arctic, like a wintry blue.”
“The far north of the world is cold and snowy, but it’s not boring, so white wouldn’t fit well.”
“It’s cold, and blue is associated with cold.”
North is red because…
“North is red on a magnet.”
“North is red because it is the representative direction of the compass and compass arrows are red.”
“North on a compass is red, plain and simple.”
“Red is the compass point for north.
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“Whenever I think of two opposites, I think of magnets. Traditionally on a magnet bar, the upper part is red, and the lower part is blue. Hence, north is red because it is facing upwards.”
“The needle on the compass is red, and it points north.”
“North is red because of the little red arrow that always points north on a compass.”
“A compass rose is red on the north arrow.”
“The arrow for north on compasses is red.”
“North is red on a magnet, and south is blue.”
“It’s red on compasses. And no, south is not red because it also has a pole—the South Pole—where it is also SUPER cold. I rest my case.”
“Compass north is red, and south is black.”
“North is red on a magnet.”
“North is red because south is blue, and red complements blue pretty well.”
“The red on a compass.”
“The red on a compass.”
“On a compass, the arrow that faces north is red. So, north is red.”
North is white because…
“North has snow and snow is white.”
“The Great White North.”
“Because the North Pole is cold, icy, and snowy.”
“North, snow, white.”
“White is the color of snow, and it’s more likely to snow in the North.”
“North is snowy. Duh.”
“North reminds me of cold snow is white and cold, so its white.”
“I think of north as the North Pole, which is very snowy and therefore white.”
“Because of the snow.”
“North is white because the Arctic is north, and the Arctic has snow, which is white.”
“North is white because it reminds me of snow, like in the North Pole.”
“The north pole is covered in snow and snow is white”
North is black because…
“The South Pole is all snowy and white, so I’d expect the North to be the inverted: all dark and black.”
“The letter N for the North Cardinal direction is black.”
North is green because…
“North is green because moss is said to grow on the north side of trees. Also, when I think of north, I think of camping, which is in a very green area.”
“When I go up north with my family we usually stay in a cabin in the woods, and the woods are green.”
“I think of going ‘up north’; like mountains and forests where nobody’s been.”
North is grey because…
“Parce qu’en France, au nord il fait jamais soleil donc on dit que le temps est gris.”
North is purple because…
“Because ‘N’ is purple and it’s also a dark purple because North is—or at least feels—dark.”
North is brown because…
“To me north means Yorkshire, and Yorkshire is brown.”