A plurality say oblivion is black. Click a color to add your vote.
Oblivion is black because…
“Both are nothing.”
“Humans cannot see things in the dark. To be wholly forgotten means nobody can ‘see’ you anymore, even in their memories. So in a way, being lost to oblivion is like being lost in the darkness.”
“Oblivion is like a void, and voids are black.”
“The void.”
“The darkness of the void. Empty space. Nothing. Oblivion is a synonym for all of these, which leads me to believe it is black.”
“Oblivion is nothing. The void of being forgotten. Black is the emptiest color.”
“Oblivion. Nothingness. The absence of what once was there. Black.”
“Like space.”
“I’s a void that never ends.”
“Black is the color of being forgotten, being left in the dark.”
“Sounds like obsidian.”
Oblivion is white because…
“The album cover art for the song ‘Oblivion’ by Grimes has a white background.”
“It’s a blank canvas without knowing what’s going on.”
“In Portuguese we have the expression ‘me deu um branco,’ and that literally means ‘gave me a white.’”
Oblivion is purple because…
“Oblivion remembers the taste of violet...”
Oblivion is grey because…
“It’s blank, but more dull than white. Too light to be black, and hence grey.”
“Oblivion is grey because it is forgetting and when you forget, you don’t know what’s happening.”