A plurality say the letter “Q” is purple. Click a color to add your vote.
The letter “Q” is purple because…
“Q stands for queen; its one of the first words we’re taught that begins with A, and queens are normally associated with royalty, and royalty is purple.”
“Association with the word queen; as purple was used historically in royal regalia, being a rare dye.”
“Q stands for queen, and queens wear purple.”
“I thought of the word ‘Quantum,’ and that word is purple to me.”
“It’s sort of weird and quirky, like purple.”
“Q sounds like a very sophisticated and royal letter, and royalty is purple.”
“When I think of the letter ‘Q’, I think of a queen, and when I think of a queen, I think of purple.”
“Q is a misfit letter, just like purple is a misfit color.”
“Q is odd and so is purple.”
“Q for Queen and Queen is royalty and purple means royalty.”
“It’s a ‘weird’ feeling letter, similar to the colour purple. ”
“Q just feels like an exotic letter, and purple looks like an exotic color, found in exotic animals. Q is also a rare letter to see, like an exotic animal.”
“Q is weird, and purple is weird.”
“Q is a weird letter and so is purple.”
“Queen equals royalty equals purple.”
“Q is my favorite letter, and my favorite color is purple, so Q is purple.”
“It’s fancy like a queen.”
The letter “Q” is black because…
“Q is for quiet, and quiet is black because it is nothing.”
“Because Q is a loner.
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The letter “Q” is orange because…
“Kumquat.”
“The Shape of O in orange is similar to the shape of Q.”
“Q kinda looks like a 6, and 6 is the 60s, and the 60s is orange.”
The letter “Q” is brown because…
“I think of the ads I saw as a child talking about NyQuil. The mascot was a cute little brown owl with a striped sleeping hat.”
“Just kind of meh, you know?”
The letter “Q” is grey because…
“The letter Q feels boring, and it isn’t used much in the English language.”
“It looks gray and is boring.
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“Queen Elisabeth II had grey hair before she passed, and Queen starts with Q.”
The letter “Q” is green because…
“Q is a crisp letter, and green is a crisp color.”
“Q as Q-cumber, which is green.”
“P is purple. There can’t be two letters of the same colour in a row, folks!”
The letter “Q” is yellow because…
“Q stands for Queen, and Queens wear crowns, and crowns are yellow.”
“The MTA Q train is yellow.”
“Q is for Queen and Queens wear crowns.”
The letter “Q” is blue because…
“Because the letter Q feels royal, so I picked royal blue.”
“Because a-Q-ua.”
The letter “Q” is pink because…
“It’s kind of like a mix of K and W, like how pink is a mix of red and white.”
The letter “Q” is red because…
“It’s basically O but with an aggressive line at the bottom, and aggression is red.”
“Relative to the other letters of the alphabet, Q stands out enough to be noticed, but not so much to feel out of place. It evokes the same imagery as a spot of red—a lone poppy flower, a branch of coral, or spilled blood—in a surrounding of contrasting colors.”
“The letter ‘Q’ is angry to me. Years upon years of going unnoticed, uncared, unloved. It takes a toll on someone’s life.”
“Q makes me think of the queen playing card, which is either black or red, but I picked red.”