A plurality say the number ninety-nine is purple. Click a color to add your vote.
The number ninety-nine is purple because…
“Purple feels intense and royal; so does 99.
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“The number nine is purple, and ninety-nine has two nines.”
“99 is a relatively large number, and purple is last in the rainbow. If you are counting colors, you have to wait for purple; if you are counting numbers, you have to wait for 99.”
The number ninety-nine is black because…
“Wayne Gretzky on the Los Angeles Kings.”
The number ninety-nine is red because…
“Because it’s a little incomplete, like right on the cusp of 100, but not there.”
“Almost 100: almost ready for something bad to happen.”
“The number 99 is in Danish bingo games referred to as ‘gamle ole’, in english ‘old Ole’, bingo boards are usually red, and so 99 is red as well. There is also a cheese named this, which has red packaging.
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“The number ninety-nine is red because of the song 99 red balloons.”
The number ninety-nine is pink because…
“Its just short of 100, and soft like that.”
The number ninety-nine is orange because…
“Because nine is Orange, and two nines are a very intense, strong orange.”
“100 is red, so the number before it is going to be a color very close to red.”
“Because its almost 100, like orange is almost red.”
The number ninety-nine is grey because…
“99 is wise and tired, like grey.”
The number ninety-nine is blue because…
“Ok so here’s an explanation that only big NBA fan will get. In the 1950s there was an NBA player who dominated the league named George Mikan, and he wore the jersey number 99. He played for the Lakers who at the time had a main jersey color of blue.”
The number ninety-nine is yellow because…
“The number ninety-nine is yellow because the number nine is yellow, and it gives off an edge-of-your-seat feeling, because you’re 1 number away from 100.”
“Because of Brooklyn 99.”
The number ninety-nine is green because…
“9 is deep forest green, and 99 is two 9s, so I see it as two greens. ”
“I dunno, but 66 is green too.”
The number ninety-nine is brown because…
“Nine alone seems like purple, but 99 is older. 99 has seen more. Brown is like an older, wizened purple. ”