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Kraken's avatar

What is the color of frustration?

Asked by Kraken (1177points) March 30th, 2009

I always wondered what color people would assign to this mood.

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avalmez's avatar

blue..as in blue…

arnbev959's avatar

Orange. Not quite angry red, but definitely a “hot” color.

cak's avatar

@petethepothead – I agree. It’s not red – that is anger and it’s not yellow – a little too mellow. Orange is caution color and it seems to me, it’s that step (frustration) right before I get angry.

electricsky's avatar

Orangeish reddish. Actually, mostly red.

Jeruba's avatar

Sometimes blue violet , and sometime sheer impossible teeth-clenching white.

YARNLADY's avatar

Black. When I get really, suddenly frustrated, everything goes black for a split second.

augustlan's avatar

Black or orange. So I guess I’m saying Halloween is frustrating?

3or4monsters's avatar

Flashing, flickering neon booger yellow-green with flecks of brown and red in patterns that burn the eyes.

loser's avatar

Burgundy.

RedPowerLady's avatar

To me it is red. Same as anger because frustration to me is often more infuriating than anger. In fact as I think of it now I’m picturing anger as a deeper red and frustration as a brighter red.

I found this online from a research study published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology: “In all nations, the colors of anger were black and red, fear was black, and jealousy was red. Cross-cultural differences were (a) Poles connected anger, envy, and jealousy also with purple; (b) Germans associated envy and jealousy with yellow; and© Americans associated envy with black, green, and red, but for the Russians it was black, purple, and yellow.”

Facade's avatar

Deep purple

Bluefreedom's avatar

I believe red could signify frustration. Blue could be the color for asphyxiation. Yellow is cowardice, I think. White is for purity. As for the rest of the colors, I just don’t know.

Jeruba's avatar

Yikes, @3or4monsters. What a light show you must be watching when you get stalled in traffic.

3or4monsters's avatar

@Jeruba I try to listen to classical music, NPR, or ambient downtempo when I’m driving these days, since I commute a lot. :) It keeps the drive… how do we make this topic-appropriate? A swirling pale lavender, grey, and blue. :) Matching emotions to colors is kinda fun.

Kraken's avatar

@Yarnlady Wow! might want to consult a doctor about that one Yarnlady. That sounds serious.

YARNLADY's avatar

@Kraken or maybe it’s just because I close my eyes when I’m frustrated

NaturalMineralWater's avatar

Is there a color called Idontcare? xD

Maldadpermanente's avatar

White, beacuse it gets stained easily.

GAMBIT's avatar

Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armour
Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground

Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,
They quietly understand
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready,
But wonder why the fight is on

But theyre all bold as love, yes, theyre all bold as love
Yeah, theyre all bold as love
Just ask the axis

My red is so confident that he flashes trophies of war and
Ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring,
But very unsteady for the first go round
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact Im trying to say its frigthened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from, eh,
Giving my life to a rainbow like you

But, Im eh , yeah, Im bold as love
Yeah, yeah
Well Im bold, bold as love (hear me talking, girl)
Im bold as love
Just ask the axis (he knows everything)
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Jimi Hendrix – Axis Bold as Love

JellyB's avatar

I dunno. Maybe bright orange or bright green. Some really annoying colour that i can’t stand.

VS's avatar

I would color frustration rust brown.

mattbrowne's avatar

@Yarnlady – Great website and interesting name for a color! Thanks for sharing.

Jeruba's avatar

@NaturalMineralWater, that would be beige.

augustlan's avatar

@mcbealer Lurve for Dave Matthews. <3

atlantis's avatar

Frustration is so grey.

toomuchcoffee911's avatar

A deep purple with black strips… that’s the color of the word “frustration”.

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