What color is pessimism?

A plurality say pessimism is black.
Click a color to add your vote.

“It’s the color of depression, and depressed people are usually pessimistic.”
“A Pessimist get stuck in a black void of bad thought. ”
“Negative vibes.”
“Optimism is looking on the bright-side, pessimism is dwelling in the dark.”
“How much I’m into the darkness of depression and gloominess!”
“In a world of figurative light and darkness, pessimism is seeing mainly that darkness.”
“Pessimism is like a sad, depressing concept, and black just catches that vibe.”
“It feels sad.”
“Duh.”
“I’m kinda pessimistic and black is my favourite colour. Suits me well.”

“Black is the color of depression, pessimism is leaning towards that, but not quite there.”
“Not completely blind like black, but mellow, colorless, and negative. ”
“It reminds of the rain, which makes me depressed and feel hopeless.”
“ A pessimist has a grey aura around them.”
“No colour in life.”
“Black is not pessimism, black is the absence of anything. White is everything, so it includes both pessimism and optimism. Pessimism has no colour, therefore, by elimination, grey is pessimism.”
“Gray is boring and annoying, like pessimisim.”
“Just enough light to see what could be and intentionally reject it.”
“Because pessimists always see the world in grey tones...”
“It’s hopelessness in a bland way.”
“Optimism is gray, and pessimism is the counterpart to optimism, so it’s gray too.”
“Pessimism means you know what it’d ideally be, but can’t. (Black is meaning you have no idea at all, maybe you never even face it.) ”
“It isn’t full on despair; it’s duller, like fogginess.”
“It just is.”
“Grey is always closer to black than white.”
“It’s boring when there’s too much; I associate it with corporate offices.”
“It’s almost black but not fully.”

“Because it’s the color of poop.”
“It’s difficult to see the good in the colour brown. An optimist would say ‘chocolate!’ and a pessimist would say ‘mud.’ ”
“Dark and bland. Mix of everything. ”
“Muddy.”