What color is terror?

A plurality say terror is red.
Click a color to add your vote.

“When I think of terror, the first thing that comes to mind is ‘AUGHHHHH’, which starts with the letter A, and A is red.”
“It pops up at you and hurts your head in a weird way—focusing on the color makes your eyes widen.”
“Red is the colour of blood and anger.”
“It symbolizes aggression, blood, and anger, all of which can cause terror.”
“It’s aggressive. ”
“Red means blood. Red means fire. Red means the violent and sudden destruction of things.”
“Terror is red because terror often involves blood, and it’s obvious what color blood is.”
“Red is anger, red is frustration, red is terror. Red is a harsh colour and makes you have heightened emotions.”
“Blood.”
“Red is scary. ”

“Terror is black because it is anguish, dread, cold, death,”
“Darkness is scary, and terror is similarly all-consuming fear.”
“The unknown.”
“Reminds me of night terrors.”
“Fear makes me think of stuff like darkness, and black is dark.”
“Black suggests nothingness. Loss of existence of anything. I fear that. Imagine floating alone in space. Imagine all of the stars are gone. It’s just yourself among the infiniteness of the universe... it’s terrifying.”
“Black is darkness. The absence of light. It gives cover to evil.”
“Because terror is like death, and terrorists cause death, so terror is black.”
“Terror is black because you are more likely to be in danger if you are in the dark.”
“Black is empty, no hues, just pitch darkness; a world of darkness is terrifying, hence terror.”
“Shadows creeping up at night.”
“Dementors from Harry Potter. ”
“Black is unknown and in the dark. Terror is like that; you’re so scared you aren’t sure what’s happening.”
“Hatred is the root of terror, and only the darkest of hearts are cowardly enough to fight that hopeless war.”
“Scary things usually happen in the dark.”
“Red is evil but terror is pure black—empty of all hope and happiness.”
“It reminds me of the dark, and that’s what terror makes me feel like I’m in.”
“Red is evil but terror is pure black—empty of all hope and happiness.”

“Terror is usually in the dark, but white hot feelings will be coursing through your veins as your heart beats, so it cancels out and turns to grey.”

“Your turn white when terrified.”
“White represents frozen things, and ‘frozen in terror’ is a very common saying. ”
“White as a sheet.”
“The color draining from a cartoon character’s face when scared leaves them white.”

“The thought of the cold freezing anything is much more scary to me than flames and heat, and cold is blue. ”
“Terror is blue because its scary, unknown and terrible.”

“Yellow is like a zap of lightning—the instant mortal, bone-chilling terror you feel trickling down your spine.”