A plurality say the 1990s are purple. Click a color to add your vote.
The 1990s are purple because…
“The 90s were known for their pop culture that we treated like royalty. Royalty is purple, so the 90s were too. Moreover, Princess Diana was iconic during the 90s, who too, was royal and purple.”
“Funky 90s.”
“Really any bright colors. Similar to the 80s, that vibrant, electric palette. But mainly I’d say that really flashy lime green with the grape purple.”
“Funky and pop!”
“The 90s were full of so many bright, fun, neon colors like purple. ”
“Prince ruled the 90s. Duh.”
The 1990s are grey because…
“Because of the glitched vertical lines in the TV.”
“Grunge.”
“It symbolises oldness and vintage, which is generally how I feel about most pre-2000 things.”
“When I think 90s, I think grunge, so black or gray.”
“The 1990’s are grey because it’s a combo of both black and white, because that’s what colour their shows and movies were in. Therefore, you get both black and white in one answer.”
“I associate anything older than me with black and white, which make them grey.”
The 1990s are orange because…
“From all the photos I’ve seen of it, there were a lot of orange coloured furniture. ”
“I wasn’t born in the 1990s, but the 1990s give me a feeling of orange beaches.”
“90s reminds me of sunrises.”
“Nickelodeon is 90s and orange.
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The 1990s are red because…
“The 90s are red because grunge was becoming a thing and Kurt Cobain wore red. I also think of rock albums having quite a bit of red.”
“I’m not sure. I wasn’t born yet in the 1990s, so I think of it as empty, like missing things, which are red.”
“90s remind me of grunge and flannel so red kind of gives flannel and stuff.
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“Nine is red, so the 1990s are as well.”
The 1990s are brown because…
“Over time, the colors of all the other decades age and turn brown. That’s the ’90s.”
“Grungy and grimy, and urban. That’s what I think of.”
“It’s like leather clothes.”
“Nine is brown because it looks like a leaf, and the 1990s have a 99 in the middle!”
The 1990s are blue because…
“The most iconic colour of the decade was a blue-based turquoise.”
“Communism in the East was often shown with grey-colored skies but when the Soviet union collapsed, it lead to the sky’s clearing and giving a new hope as a vibrant blue.
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“A lot of the pop culture at the time was blue. Sonic the Hedgehog, Blues Clues, and I think Underworld came out in the 90s? It was just a prominent color. ”
“The TI-108 calculator You see it was really popular in 1,990s and the 2,000s I have 1 actually”
“One word. Carpets. Ever seen one from the 90s?
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“I have plenty of clothing from the 90s, and most is neon blue or pink.”
The 1990s are pink because…
“The 1990s are not a soft pink, but it is definitely a hot bright pink, with the colourful fashion and music.”
“9 is pink.”
“9 is pink, so the 90s are pink.”
“The 1990s are pink because pink is a vibrant colour, and I think that they were very cheery and upbeat then. I wasn’t born, but my parents told me about it.”
“Bright and cool.”
“I feel like pink was a big color in the 90s.”
“Pink feels like the 90s.”
The 1990s are yellow because…
“It’s neon and a bunch of 90s celebs were blonde. Like Whigfield, Baby Spice, and Gary Barlow.”
“When global warming started to escalate. (The 80s were green.)
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“My mom always talks about how everyone wore neon back then, and yellow is the most neon color.”
The 1990s are green because…
“Green Day was a popular band.”
“The 1990s was the invention era, and that brought money, and money is green.”
“The 1990s are green because they cared a lot more about the environment then.”
The 1990s are white because…
“It’s the previous millennium, so it’s desaturated. But it’s the last decade of the millennium, so it’s approaching brightness.”