What color are the 1980s?

The 1980s are purple because…

• “8 is purple.”
• “Purple synths.”
• “Synthwave is purple.”
• “Eight is purple, hence 80 is purple, hence the 80s are purple!”
• “Purple feels bright, like the 80s, but not as bright as orange or yellow, like the sixties and seventies.”
• “Purple Rain.”
• “Purple feels sort of retro.”
• “They had terrible clothing and purple is a terrible color. ”
• “Very bright and vibrant like neon signs.”

The 1980s are orange because…

• “The 1980s remind of a vibrate time when life was in color. ”
• “Orange is kind of a ‘hip’ color and that’s what these times remind me of.”
• “Orange is like the funky vibe that the 80s gives off.”

The 1980s are black because…

• “Black eyeliner.”
• “Rock and roll leather is black.”

The 1980s are brown because…

• “Because brown reminds me of old.”
• “Wood paneling on station wagons and walls, brown corduroy bell bottoms. ”

The 1980s are blue because…

• “Denim jeans.”
• “Neon!”
• “Definitely blue. My mother was an 80s kid, and she would tell me about how she would crazy blue eyeshadow and blue mascara.”
• “I was between brown and green. The 90s are red and the 70s are brownish orange. I feel like the 80s needed to be different and a cool color.”
• “Blue, brown, and orange. That was the fashion and bedroom colors and bowling alley colors.”

The 1980s are red because…

• “The energy and pop is all red.”

The 1980s are pink because…

• “Neon pink, like the clothes.”
• “80 is pink and 19 is dark grey almost black, so it’s dark grey then pink, so pink remains longer in mind.”

The 1980s are yellow because…

• “It’s very neon, and so were the 1980s. ”
• “It’s neon.”
• “A lot of people wore yellow to pop out to the crowd.”