A plurality say sleep is black. Click a color to add your vote.
Sleep is black because…
“When you close your eyes it’s black.”
“It’s what you see—or don’t—when you close your eyes. The night is black. Black darkness when you open them. A black sky out the window. Calm, simple yet hard to understand. Sleep.”
“Night is black.”
“You cant see, and when you close your eyes it’s pitch black, defining if there is any light near.
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“Sleep is black because its absolute. Anything can happen in the dark. Colors flourish, time warps, dreams happen. ”
“When you close yours eyes, it is black.”
“When you sleep, you sleep under the blanket of darkness, and darkness is black.”
“Because you see black and it’s dark.”
“You close your eyes and see black.”
“Sleep is darkness and darkness is black.”
“Night is black, also you are seeing black when you close your eyes to sleep.”
“Well, to start, When you close your eyes, you see black. The night sky is black, and the darkness of your room is also black.”
“It’s kind of obvious, sleep is black because when you are asleep you see black, and the world around you is dark.”
“Black is empty, so is sleep. ”
“You sleep, and what do you see? Absolutely nothing.”
“Sleep is when your mind becomes empty. Black is associated with emptiness.”
“You don’t see anything.”
“When you close your eyes, you see black.”
“When you close your eyes, you see darkness.”
“When I close my eyes I see black.”
“Darkness.
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“All you see is black. Sometimes you have dreams, sometimes its just black.”
“The night sky is black.”
“Sleep is black because of night.”
“You sleep at night and night is black.”
“It’s pretty dark outside.”
“Your eyes are closed so you only see black.”
“You see black when sleeping.”
“My eyes are closed.”
“You literally see black.”
Sleep is blue because…
“Sleep is really, really, dark blue.”
“Because sleeping is calm and calmness is blue.”
“Sleeping under a clear sky in the forest, with a big, shiny moon lighting everything up, gives it a nice blue tint.”
“Sleep is blue because its just as peaceful as the color blue.
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“Those cartoon night caps—they’re blue!”
“Blue is secure; when you sleep you are safe under a nice blanket.”
“I think of the blue night gown and hat with the stripes on it. The stereotypical ‘tired’ guy, holding a candle, wearing slippers.”
“Because you will get your dream world in the sky up in the clouds.”
“Blue is dreamy.”
“Blue is very dreamy.”
“Like a dark blue to represent the dark night sky. ”
“The navy blue cloak of the dark night sky as we slumber.”
“Blue is calm and peaceful.”
“I thought of the sky and dreams, sleeping in clouds. Blue is a soft and calm color.”
“It’s a calming colour.”
“Sleep is blue because blue is calm and blue is the sky.”
“Sleeping is calming. Blue is usually a calming color.”
Sleep is grey because…
“When you sleep you are dreaming, and sometimes those dreams can become nightmares, so even when you sleep, life is not black or white, it is grey.”
“Sleep feels very neutral. It’s hazy, monotone, and static. Sleep without dreams also feels perfectly represented by gray in my mind.”
“Clouds feature a lot in my dreams.”
“Gray is nothing, and during sleep you feel nothing.”
“It’s the innermost darkest time. It’s not death because death is when every thing goes black, and that leaves white as life. So grey is the only thing closes to death but still alive in the mind. ”
“The sky is grey when it is rainy, and I think of the rain when I sleep.”
“My bed is grey.”
“When you fade into sleeping, you might see complete darkness but it gives a gray-ish vibe. Black is just nothingness.”
“Dreams can be both black and white (like negative and positive).”
“When we sleep everything is darker, making everything lifeless and colorless in our eyes.
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Sleep is purple because…
“The night sky is usually portrayed as purple.”
“The Purple mattress brand.”
“Sleep is purple—it reminds me of stars, dreams, space, and the night sky…”
“A dark indigo—the color of the night sky.”
“The color of dreams.”
“Night sky in cartoons.”
“In French, the verb ‘to sleep’ is ‘dormir,’ and the letter D is purple to me.”
“It’s a soothing and relaxing color that reminds me of sleeping.”
“Dreams are purple.”
“Purple just reminds me of pajamas for some reason.”
“It reminds me of cartoon beds.”
“When you close your eyes everything is black, but I feel like dreams are like a dark purple.”
“Like a dark periwinkle—a soothing sleepy color.”
“Purple is cozy.”
“Purple, especially lighter shades, evokes feelings of hope and well-being. This color also promotes calmness and relaxation, which may help you doze off faster.”
“It’s cozy.”
Sleep is white because…
“Sleep is peaceful and so are clouds.
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“You fall asleep by counting sheep, and sheep are white.”
“I think of sleeping as like starting anew and white reminds me of a blank slate. Also pillows are generally white.”
“I thought it said sheep.”
“WHITE noise helps people sleep!”
“Sometimes to help you fall asleep, you count sheep. Sheep are white. Clouds and the moon are also white. White just seems like sleep to me.”
Sleep is brown because…
“Brown is a nice cozy warm color, and I am nice and cozy and warm when I sleep.”
Sleep is red because…
“Red, like how the typical bed is red.”
Sleep is yellow because…
“The stuff you get in your eyes is sleep, and that’s yellow.”
“It’s yellow because it reminds me of the moon.”
“Because yellow is a positive colour and I love sleep.”