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May 14, 3:15 PM
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Red, Yellow and Orange: Evil
Green, Blue: Good
Don't ask how I obtained this information.
Also what is your opinion.
May 14, 3:21 PM
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Going by classic demon depictions it seems that red, orange and black are demonic colors.
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May 14, 3:41 PM
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It's an interesting conversation why certain colors feel more "evil" or "foreboding" (red, black) than others which feel more good and calming (green, blue, white).

Some might use cultural explanations, but I personally like evolutionary ones. There is a kind of straightforward case to be made that red is associated in the mind with blood, fire, hell, black with darkness, death whereas green would moreso make you think of nature, meadows, plants, and blue with the clear sky or the river bank.

That's why NATO flag rocks and China flag suxx :)


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I'd say yellow and red, perhaps leaning more towards yellow than red, conveying a sense of despair rather than rage or seduction. I've always been impressed by how they painted every scene involving Makima in Chainsaw Man, especially the one set in her room, brimming with the hues of a dying sun.

Black is a separate story: ancient masters incorporated black and gray shades into demon paintings to differentiate them from divine ones. Initially, demon paintings shared the same color palette as angelic ones, but someone found that problematic to some extent.
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May 14, 6:49 PM
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Does it matter? I dont think any color has any correlationship with good or evil...
May 14, 6:50 PM
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Only thing demonic is that misplaced "u" in colors.
May 14, 6:53 PM
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Only thing demonic is that misplaced "u" in colors.
@YungStairwell how is that demonic btw???
May 14, 6:57 PM
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@YungStairwell how is that demonic btw???
@DesuMaiden Notice what happens when you type out "colours" on your computer. It's hit with the notorious red squiggly line. As op already said, red=evil/demonic.
May 14, 7:17 PM
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YungStairwell said:
@DesuMaiden Notice what happens when you type out "colours" on your computer. It's hit with the notorious red squiggly line. As op already said, red=evil/demonic.


Ah, British style spelling.... it can lead to depression and mad thoughts.
May 14, 7:19 PM
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YungStairwell said:
@DesuMaiden Notice what happens when you type out "colours" on your computer. It's hit with the notorious red squiggly line. As op already said, red=evil/demonic.


Ah, British style spelling.... it can lead to depression and mad thoughts.
@MalchikRepaid Seriously, they can't get anything right. Have you seen their "food?"
May 14, 7:48 PM

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Orange and red are good colors.

What of purple?
May 14, 8:36 PM

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Yellow and red happens to be my favorite colors.

May 14, 8:36 PM

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why is red always portrayed as evil? it is the best color

May 14, 8:41 PM
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Dumb said:
why is red always portrayed as evil? it is the best color


Post-WWII Eurocentric thoughts. Not that realistic to consider in the age of the internet.
May 14, 10:16 PM
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Colors mean different things for different cultures, for example, red symbolizing prosperity in China. My opinion is that colors are cool.
May 15, 2:53 AM

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why is red always portrayed as evil? it is the best color
@Dumb Perhaps because of bloodshed.
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May 15, 2:56 AM

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hot pink color is a bit scary i guess. why is it hot?
May 15, 5:10 AM
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Purple seems evil to me, but I don't know why.
May 17, 10:06 AM

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Hmmmm I don't consider any color for being "demonic", especially that Red being evil was just created by Ancient Egyptians which is still used up to this day to associate the Devil/Evil with color Red.

Dumb said:
why is red always portrayed as evil? it is the best color


Egyptians connected Red with God Set which is an evil God in their deities. He was always portrayed of Red color because of how dangerous the red sands of deserts were for them so they started connecting the Red color with evil forces, which is also when the stereotypes and hatred towards redhair people started, as they were believed to be the cult of Set.

[Christianity and other cults/religions took it from Egyptians]
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May 17, 1:52 PM

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I dont think there are any good or evil colors tbh...
May 18, 1:52 AM

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I dont think there are any good or evil colors tbh...
@DesuMaiden What about numbers, huh? What do you say about numbers, hmm?? I'm really interested to know your opinions about numbers as well, 11 times in this thread, at least.
May 18, 2:37 AM
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I joined a Discord server for vexillology (study of flags) and flag designs. There is a running joke in terms of how crappy American state flags are and it's very rarely called "the curse of the blue color" since many state flags have blue as the main background color.

Blue is not demonic, but it's more like a cringy color of the 21st century. Unless if it's indigo. Indigo is always awesome as a color.
May 18, 3:28 AM

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Thanks man, now everyone's gonna look at my avatar and think I'm a demon :P

my opinion though, colours are no more or less evil than a baseball bat or a knife, it depends how someone uses it. I mean there's the Red Cross, not evil. and if Red is evil then that means people at church have a sip of evil every Sunday at communion.

On the other hand there's things like "Feeling blue" related to sadness, that ain't good.


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Red, yellow, and orange are considered hot colors.
Blue, purple and green are cold.
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