A plurality say sympathy is pink. Click a color to add your vote.
Sympathy is pink because…
“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.”
Sympathy is blue because…
“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.”
Sympathy is purple because…
“Sympathy is more deep than pink; pink is too shallow.”
Sympathy is yellow because…
“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 is orange because…
“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 green because…
“It feels kinder; there’s an understanding in green.”