What color are the 1940s?

A plurality say the 1940s are grey.
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“I see it as an era of depression and sadness, due to WWII. Also, the iconic black and white photographs.”
“Black and white films, and the old timey movies. ”
“Because bombs and war are grim and grey.”
“Black and white films and photos.”
“Colours weren’t invented yet. ”
“It was a dark time where every move you made and every decision was a fight over life or death.”
“There was a lot of war, and grey is a sad color.”
“Old black and white photos, and World War II.”
“War films are black n’ white.”
“Black an white films are old.”

“Old photos.”
“Old film from that era is brownish.”
“Old photos are brown.”
“Most of the old photos are brownish with age, plus all the war uniforms were brown.”
“1940’s are old, and brown is old.”

“War.”
“The second World War and the post-war era was a dark time.”
“WWII, and black and white photos.”
“Photos from that time were in black and white, so surely the world was black and white back then.”

“Red lips were big at the time.”
“Bloodshed. ”
“Because lipstick was red back in that day, and films had bright red colour like Betty Boop.”
“Red reminds me of revolution and a lot of that was happening at the time.”
“I pictured a rusty red, or a reddish brown. It seems retro and old-fashioned, as well as a mixture of the blood spilt in the war and the bold colours they dressed in back then.”
“Red is the colour of bloodshed, and the 40s had the deadliest war in history.”
“Red was a big colour; Nazi Germany, the USSR, Japan. It was also the colour of victory. And also war.”
“Red because it was a very popular color during the time period. It reminds me of the lipstick, clothes, and war.”
“Rosie the Riveter’s scarf.”
“Red for the war that happened and the color of the party that ruled Germany at the time.”

“We were in war, and the army wears green.”
“It reminds me of the army.”
“The 1940s are green because it was a time of war, and it reminds me camouflage and the color of tanks.”
“It reminds me of the dark green Jeeps that were used in WWII.”
“When I think of numbers from 1-10, 1 is red, 2 is orange, 3 yellow, and 4 green and 1940s are practically 4 with a 0.”
“Whenever I think of the 40s, I think of the allies, and the U.S. Army, whose uniforms were green. I also think of the green forests and fields of Europe that were fought through.”
“Because of war and army uniforms.”