What color is sympathy?

A plurality say sympathy is pink.
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“Pink like cartoon hearts on sympathy cards.”
“Love and care are both pink, and I feel that sympathy falls somewhere between those two.”
“A colour that my wife is most known for is pink. She’s the most sympathetic person I know—she feels sympathy for objects, for crying out loud.”
“Pink is love, and sympathy is like love.”
“Sympathy cards are often pink.”
“Pink is soft and loving.”
“In school we wore pink shirts on kindness day.”
“Pink to me is a softer and gentle color, which is what sympathy feels like.”
“Care is pink, and sympathy is part of caring.”

“You usually show sympathy to someone who is sad, and blue represent sadness. ”
“Blue is sad. You feel sad when sympathetic.”
“You frequently sympathize with a sad person, and sadness is represented by blue.”
“Sympathy is related to sadness and misfortune, and I link sadness with color blue, like the ‘blues’ genre.”
“The letter S seems like a blue letter.”

“It’s sweet and thoughtful and warm for the person giving it, but it’s kind of annoying for the person receiving it. Both of those things are yellow.”
“Yellow is warm, sympathy is a warmer yet aching feeling. Not as raw, genuine and gentle as empathy, though, so not a pink. Orange didn’t feel right, and red is too strong. ”
“Warmness. Sympathy feels warm.”
“Sympathy feels warm and inviting, like light from the sun.”
“I’ve just always associated it with that. It might be because it sounds similar to other words, like ‘symphony,’ and I would associate that with yellow. I also think it reminds me of the word ‘happiness’, which would be yellow too.”

“Sympathy has the letter P in it, which is a purple letter.”
“Purple feels like a soft, comforting color, just like sympathy.”
“Purple is warmth and cool at the same time. It shows caring and closeness. Purple is the color that subtly shows up in nature in the most delicate spots. Flowers, under eyes, veins, bruises, mountains, scars. It’s a quiet reminder that we are a part of something greater, and I believe it shows up in vulnerable spots because that’s what it represents—sympathy.”
“Sympathy is more deep than pink; pink is too shallow.”

“It’s a warm feeling towards another person.”
“It’s warm like the sun, but more gentle than a bright, glaring color.”
“It’s warm, it’s glowing, it’s open. It’s like a nightlight, but softer. It feels safe.”
“There is something warm and friendly about orange. ”
“It is a warm feeling toward others.”
“It feels warm and kind, close and gentle. It feels like how sympathy feels to me.”

“Sympathy is a Knife—now I associate sympathy with green due to Brat’s album cover being green.”
“It feels kinder; there’s an understanding in green.”
“Feels kind. ”

“Grey is dull and sad and sometimes sympathy means joining someone in their sadness.”