What color is west?
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A plurality say west is orange.
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West is orange because…
- “Western Australia is dry.”
- “The wild west, pardner.”
- “Sunsets, wild west, deserts...”
- “West is the setting sun.”
- “Western sunsets and desert sand.”
- “West reminds me of sunsets, and sunsets are orange.”
- “West of where I live is deserts and sandstone.”
- “The sunsets, the association of deserts and aridity, and the overall vibe of the direction.”
- “The wild west, sand, dust storms, deserts, and sunsets all are associated with orange.”
- “The west is associated with deserts and sunsets, which are slightly orange.
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- “It reminds me of sunsets.”
- “Sunsets.”
- “Because western movies often have a red/orange tint to them which we begin to associate with the word itself.”
West is blue because…
- “In my culture Europe and USA are generally referred to as ‘The West,’ and both the EU and the USA have blue in their flags.”
- “Some countries in the west have blue in their flags, e.g. the US and Argentina.”
- “Water is to the left, and water starts with W.”
- “East is red, and it only makes sense then that the west would be blue.”
West is yellow because…
- “West reminds me of wheat, which is yellow.”
- “waffle”
- “I use the abbreviation Waffles to remember where on the compass W is.”
- “Grain is yellow and out west there’s grain everywhere.”
- “Sunsets, I suppose.”
- “W is yellow and West is usually marked with a W.”
West is green because…
- “Elphaba is the Wicked Witch of the West... and she is green.”
- “The Wicked Witch of the West is green.”
- “The americas are in the west, and they have a lot of green forests.”
West is brown because…
- “Wild west, dust, sand, horses, etc.”
- “It made me think of all the mountains and forests in western America.”
- “Cowboys live in the far west and have brown hats.”
- “West is brown or blue because as a front-range Coloradan, the mountains are to the west.”
- “I thought of the wild west, which reminds me of brown.”
- “Old western movies with brown filters and cowboy hats.”
- “Never eat soggy waffles. And waffles are brown.”
- “The wild west... there’s a lot of brown in those kind of movies.”
West is red because…
- “Red Dead Redemption takes place in the wild west.”
West is pink because…
- “because it was the leftmost color”
- “Wwhen I think of west I think of California, because I’m on the east coast, and I think that California is pink.”
West is grey because…
- “My window faces west, and the skies are super gray today.”
West is white because…
- “West and white both begin with W.”