What color is north?

North is blue because…

• “Blue is a cool color and it makes me think of the north, which is cold.”
• “Cold, chilly, icy.”
• “North is blue because north is cold and blue is cold, and blue is north on the magnet somehow.”
• “Because east is red, south is green, and west is purple.”
• “It’s cold up north, but also north points up and the sky is blue!”
• “Blue on a magnet is North. Also, blue is cold and the farther North you go, the colder it is.”
• “North is cold for most of us. And blue is cold.”
• “Blue is cold, just like the North Pole.”
• “The North is cold and arctic, like a wintry blue.”
• “The far north of the world is cold and snowy, but it’s not boring, so white wouldn’t fit well.”
• “It’s cold, and blue is associated with cold.”

North is red because…

• “The arrow for north on compasses is red.”
• “North is red on a magnet, and south is blue.”
• “It’s red on compasses. And no, south is not red because it also has a pole—the South Pole—where it is also SUPER cold. I rest my case.”
• “Compass north is red, and south is black.”
• “North is red on a magnet.”
• “North is red because south is blue, and red complements blue pretty well.”
• “The red on a compass.”
• “The red on a compass.”
• “On a compass, the arrow that faces north is red. So, north is red.”

North is white because…

• “North, snow, white.”
• “White is the color of snow, and it’s more likely to snow in the North.”
• “North is snowy. Duh.”
• “North reminds me of cold snow is white and cold, so its white.”
• “I think of north as the North Pole, which is very snowy and therefore white.”
• “Because of the snow.”
• “North is white because the Arctic is north, and the Arctic has snow, which is white.”
• “North is white because it reminds me of snow, like in the North Pole.”
• “The north pole is covered in snow and snow is white”

North is black because…

• “The letter N for the North Cardinal direction is black.”

North is green because…

• “I think of going ‘up north’; like mountains and forests where nobody’s been.”

North is grey because…

• “Parce qu’en France, au nord il fait jamais soleil donc on dit que le temps est gris.”

North is purple because…

• “Because ‘N’ is purple and it’s also a dark purple because North is—or at least feels—dark.”

North is brown because…

• “Tundra.”
• “Because it’s a compass colour. ”