A plurality say the letter “W” is white. Click a color to add your vote.
The letter “W” is white because…
“The first letter of white is W.
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“W for white.”
“Well, white begins with ‘W,’ doesn’t it?
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“W for white and walls, and walls are usually white.”
“Because white starts with W.
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“W for white, wings, whipped cream, and snoW.”
The letter “W” is blue because…
“When I think of W, I think of water, and water is blue.”
“Lakes are blue, and they have water, and water starts with W.”
“W is for Whale, and whales live in the ocean, and the ocean is blue.”
“Water, waves, wobbles—they’re all blue.”
“Water is blue.”
“Water.”
“Water and waves are blue, but also the feelings I associate with the letter W are blue.”
“Water is blue.”
“W equals water, an instant association. Also, whenever any student wanted to go drink water, they’d need to raise the sign language character for ‘W.’”
“Maybe because Double-U rhymed with blue, but also W is in WWW which is the World Wide Web, and water is blue so W is blue.”
“Waves: it looks like it and it starts with it.”
“Water.”
“Blue like water!”
“The blue W for the win by the Cubs.”
“My alphabet toys as a kid had blue Ws. Also water and the wide open sky.”
“Water.”
The letter “W” is black because…
“The letters at the end of the alphabet are rarer and more mysterious, so they’re all black.”
“It feels antique, and I associate black with antiquity.”
The letter “W” is purple because…
“W for Wario.”
“Purple is near the end of the rainbow, and W is near the end of the alphabet.”
“Like wisteria!”
“W is purple because of Willy Wonka.”
“It’s a rare, extraordinary letter, and it’s bold. Purple is also all of these things.”
“Willy Wonka.”
The letter “W” is orange because…
“It’s an odd shape so needs an odd color.”
The letter “W” is yellow because…
“A W means a Win. When you win something, you get a trophy. An trophies are gold.”
“It reminds me of a pair of yellow Wellies.”
“W for win, which is gold.”
“W is often used to represent a win, which links to gold and therefore yellow.”
The letter “W” is green because…
“Because green is associated with winning, and ‘W’ is the symbol for winning.
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“W just reminds me of a warm summer day and watermelon.”