A majority say pain is red. Click a color to add your vote.
Pain is red because…
“This is painfully obvious.”
“It hurts; red is sharp and hurting.”
“Blood and gore.”
“Yeowchh! Red is hot and also bloody, and those things hurt me.”
“Pain is red because it’s the color of blood, and when you see your blood exposed, it’s usually followed by your body’s pain sensors going off.”
“Red means anger, and pain makes me mad.”
“You say ‘AUGHHHHH’ when you’re in pain, which starts with an A, and A is red to me.”
“Pain is related to blood, anger, passion—all of which seem to me to be a deep red.”
“Blood and swelling.”
“The intensity of the color is like the intensity of pain.”
“Pain is red like anger, blood, and sharpness.”
“When you get hit in video games, it shows red to signify pain.”
“Red is a very bright and intense color, like pain.”
“When a body part hurts, it often turns red.”
“Blood is red, and during pain, you breathe heavily so your blood travels around the body faster.”
“It’s the colour of our blood. And usually when we get hurt, the area that hurts becomes reddish.”
“Red looks painful—related to blood and injuries and sometimes even danger and death.”
“Blood.”
“I associate it with blood.
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“Blood.”
“Red is intense, sharp, sometimes unexpected feelings for me, which is why I associate it with anger, pain, passion, and love.”
“Red is bright and sharp and hot, much like pain.”
“Pain is red because blood and anger. Physical and mental hurt. It’s also the color of fire.”
“It represents intense emotion.”
“Red is the natural colour of blood.”
“Red feels like a harsh color. Like pain, it’s just in your face, like it or not.”
“Red is blood, but its also heart, and you can be physically pained, or your heart can hurt. ”
“Blood is red. Also, the harming potions from Minecraft have a red hue. Fire is also harmful, and some fires burn a bright red. Also, when I think of adrenaline, which is released when you are in pain, I think of the color red.”
“Some painful injuries bleed, and blood is red.
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“Even if you’re not bleeding, you’re waiting for the blood to come out, of pain. Blood is coursing through you, fueling your panic. Red is danger; red is a warning that pain is going to happen, or a sign it already has.”
“You only show blood when you’re in pain.”
“Physical pain is definitely red, for blood.”
“Pain is red because red is the color of blood. You might also turn red because of your discomfort.”
“Blood.”
“Because red is blood.
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Pain is black because…
“Emotional pain is like a void in your stomach and is black.”
“Black is pain because emotional pain. Once you’re hurt so bad you don’t care for what you see or hear anymore to the point where it goes black.”
“Black is a symbol of the endless space. Never ends. Emotional pain never ends.”
“Maybe red is for physical pain (for blood I think) but I mean emotional pain, when you’re broken inside and black is better for that like our soul is more important than our body. Also I think that red is for love or revenge, not pain.”
Pain is grey because…
“Grey is a dull, throbbing pain.
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Pain is white because…
“White hot pain.”
“In some extreme pain cases, it causes people to only see white for a few moments; I’ve had a few of these. ”
Pain is purple because…
“Like a bruise.”
Pain is blue because…
“Tears.”
“You cry when you’re in pain, and tears are blue.”
Pain is pink because…
“When I get hurt really, really bad, the stuff that comes out might be red, but in the inside, where it hurts, is pink.”
“Beauty is pink, and beauty is pain.
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Pain is yellow because…
“I get pains in my legs a lot. When it gets bad enough, it feels like lightning shooting through me, jumping between my knees and my ankles. And lightning is yellow.”