What color is south?

South is blue because…

• “Because of a magnet. Yeah most of the time south on a magnet is coloured blue. Also most of Antarctica’s unofficial flag is blue. ”
• “On magnets, the south is always blue, like it is on compasses!”
• “The south pole is colder than other areas, and cold is blue.”
• “South is always blue when the compass rose on a map is colored. ”
• “Picture a compass needle. North is red. South is blue.”
• “On a compass, north is red and south is blue.”
• “South is blue because a lot of the world’s water is in the southern hemisphere. ”
• “Because Antarctica is south, and Antarctica is cold and blue.”
• “Antarctica is south, and cold is blue.”
• “South is cold. Cold is blue.”
• “On a magnet, south is always blue!”

South is red because…

• “Because it’s hot.”
• “North is blue and south is red because cold and hot.”
• “Red is a darker color, which I imagine as heavier, and if you’re heavy, you go to the bottom, which is south.”
• “When people say things are going south, it means things are bad, and bad is red.”
• “I think of the South of the USA, and most of the southern states are Republican, which is red.”

South is orange because…

• “The Chinese character for “south” is the same as we use for pumpkin, and it’s common to associate orange with pumpkins.”
• “South is warm. Not necessarily hot, but warm.”
• “North is blue to me, and if South is on the opposite side, then it’s the opposite of blue, or orange. ”
• “Australia is orange.”
• “South is orange because, orange is warm and the south is very warm.”
• “When I think south, I think of the opposite of cold, which is associated with fire, which is orange.”
• “South is usually warm, so I chose a warm color, orange!”

South is yellow because…

• “S is yellow to me, so south is yellow to me.”
• “The S in it feels smooth and mellow, like yellow.”
• “South reminds me of sand, and sand is yellow.”
• “South is warm. Also the opposite of blue, which is north.”
• “If you go south it gets hotter, and the sun is hot and yellow.”

South is green because…

• “I think of South America and Sub-Saharan Africa—lush green forests and jungles.”
• “South Africa’s flag, symbols, and feel is green.”
• “It reminds me of the color of the Brazilian flag, as well as the rainforest from the tropics.”
• “Cacti.”

South is white because…

• “Well, Antarctica is as south as you can go, and what’s more white than Antarctic snow?”
• “The South Pole is white with snow and ice, and that’s what ‘south’ means: the direction you travel from any point to reach the South Pole.”
• “I think of the South Pole, which is full of white snow.”
• “Antarctica is white.”

South is black because…

• “Black on a compass.”

South is brown because…

• “The South is dry, and brown is a dry color.”

South is grey because…

• “I feel like North is black, but for some reason South is not white, so maybe it’s gray.”