A plurality say the letter “K” is black. Click a color to add your vote.
The letter “K” is black because…
“Used in the words ‘ink’ and ‘black.’”
“I don’t have any color associations for letters, so when I think of the letter K, I think of black, like ink.”
“Because of CMYK.”
“CMYK. . . get it?”
“In CMYK. the ‘K’ is for black.”
The letter “K” is orange because…
“K is upbeat, like yellow, but mature, like black, and I think that makes orange.”
“K feels like a cheerful oddball, just like orange.”
“I associate K with foxes for some reason.”
“K is vibrant and different, and so is orange.”
“K is similar to C, which is the first letter of carrot.”
The letter “K” is purple because…
“My name starts with K, and purple is my favourite colour, so I think K is purple.”
“K is for knitting, and I think of old people and purple yarn when I think of knitting.”
“Royal colour, for a king.”
“K is close to J, and J should be purple.”
The letter “K” is yellow because…
“Potassium.”
“It’s pointy like yellow.”
“K is the chemical symbol of potassium, and potassium is found in bananas, and bananas are yellow.”
“K is potassium, and bananas, which are yellow, have lots of potassium.”
“Alphabet Lore.”
“K stands for King. A king wears a crown, which is yellow.”
“C is similar to K, and C is the start of carrots, and yellow is like orange, so my mind said it was yellow.
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“K is the letter used in the karat system for measuring gold purity.”
“It’s sharp and pointy, like yellow.”
The letter “K” is green because…
“Kermit the Frog.”
“By all accounts, it should be yellow, but it’s green for me. I feel like the word ‘kelp’ might be influencing this one a bit. In all honesty, I’m not sure.”
“K is average, like green.”
“K is ‘ok’, which is ‘alright’ in some cases, and being alright is a good thing, like green.”
“Kryptonite is green. ”
“It’s a more unique letter, so it should be given a secondary color, but also not a neutral one because it stands out. I ultimately chose green because K is a nice letter, and green is the nicest secondary color.”
“K is green because of Kale.”
The letter “K” is brown because…
“When you kick dirt it makes this sharp ‘KK’ sound, and dirt is brown.”
“Kangaroos start with K and are brown.”
“The sound made by the letter K is hard and blunt, just like the color brown.”
“Kangaroos.”
The letter “K” is pink because…
“Because the last letter of pink is K.”
“Because of the character Kirby.”
“Because the letter K just gives off bubbly and fun vibes. The letter k feels like a name of someone who’s childish but mature at the same time.”
“The letter K is pink because it has K in it.”
The letter “K” is red because…
“Kool-Aid, my beloved...”
“So many hard edges, like a tough, hard red!”
“The Kellogg’s K is red on Special K boxes.”
The letter “K” is blue because…
“K is blue because it feels like the sky.”
The letter “K” is grey because…
“I imagine ‘k’ being a dry number. Like when you respond to a text with ‘k.’, that seems dry. So grey reminds me of that.”