A plurality say shock is yellow. Click a color to add your vote.
Shock is yellow because…
“In comics it’s yellow.”
“It really shocks my eyes.”
“Yellow is a odd color so makes sense to be shock.”
“It’s the color of an electrical shock.”
“Camera flash.”
“Shock generally refers to electric shock, and electricity is yellow in cartoons.”
“A lightning bolt is usually depicted as yellow, and lightning and shock go hand in hand.”
“When you are electrocuted you get shocked, and electricity is usually associated with yellow.”
“I think of electric shock, and electricity is yellow.”
“Electricity.
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“Shock reminds me of electricity, and electricity is yellow.”
Shock is orange because…
“It’s more sudden, more unnatural color.”
“It looks yellow, but it also has an O in it for orange.”
Shock is red because…
“Shock is red because in the moment you experience it, it is burning and wild.”
“When you’re in pain, you’re also in shock.”
“Being shocked makes me angry, and anger is red.”
Shock is white because…
“People sometimes become pale when they’re shocked. Like white.”
“In a medical context, shock is the depression of the body’s circulatory system. Paler skin is a symptom of shock.”
“Shock is white because it represents both the feeling of being stunned, when your mind goes blank and your face turns pale, and the bright flash of electricity, like a blinding white lightning bolt.
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“Turning ‘pale’ is a common experience when feeling shocked, therefore white.”
“It’s bright and sharp, and it hurts like shock.”
“It’s like a blinding light.”
“It’s empty at first, but then it’s everything at once. ”
“When you’re shocked you stop, there’s nothing in your mind, it’s like being in front of a blank page that refuses to fill up.”
Shock is blue because…
“Shock is blue because it’s sudden, like being doused in a bucket of cold water.”
“You know how woman used to be associated with fainting? They would stop breathing and turn blue because they gasped and fainted if there was shocking news.”
“Lightning shocks you. In Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Jay is the master of lightning, and his color is blue.”
Shock is black because…
“Your mind is blank when it happens, no thoughts process. ”
“Black is scary, and scary makes me shocked.”
Shock is green because…
“Dunno, maybe because it reminds me of old horror movie posters where the character depicted is in open-mouthed shock, and the lighting on those posters is usually green? That’s my reasoning, anyway.”