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The number eighteen is purple because…
“8 is purple and 18 ends with 8, so it’s purple too.”
“18 is long and round, and for some reason, purple is long and round to me.”
The number eighteen is green because…
“The number eighteen is green—and the one is black because its a teen—because the number eight used to always look like an alien, so it would make sense for it to be green.”
The number eighteen is blue because…
“Because every eighteen-year-old I know loves the color blue.”
“I associate 8 with blue, so it carried over to 18.”
The number eighteen is orange because…
“It feels like an interesting number, and orange kind of stands out.”
“Eighteen and Orange both have weird consonant patterns that include the letter G. ”
The number eighteen is red because…
“It’s a red flag because adulting sucks.
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The number eighteen is brown because…
“18 is the age you legally become an adult, and adulthood is brown.”
The number eighteen is yellow because…
“Yellow like gold, given how 18 is one of those golden, important years of your life. ”
The number eighteen is grey because…
“Someone who is 18 is legally an adult, but not fully mature yet. So gray, because it’s close to but not fully black, which is the color of maturity.”
“Because 18 is the age everything turns gray and you gotta start having responsibility.”
The number eighteen is white because…
“EIGHTEEN! The year you’re an adult; you’re free and freedom is white.”