xkcd's Color Survey Results

Last year, xkcd.com made a survey on colors and ask people to name/describe 25 color they gave. In the end, over 5M colors were named by 225K users. The discoveries are amazing, especially the color names given by boys vs. girls:


Check out the source link for other findings and fun facts.

Source: Color Survey Results

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