These are the world's favourite colours

Blue is the colour, apparently.

A survey of ten countries across four continents reveals that blue is overwhelmingly the world's favourite colour.

Research by YouGov found that even in China, where red is a traditional symbol of good luck and the ruling Communist Party, blue was by far the most popular choice.

While far from a complete picture, it's interesting to look at the world's second most-liked colours, as well as it's least favourite.

Note 1: Data was not collected on the UK's least favourite colour

Note 2: China was split equally between brown and black as its least favourite colour

Note 3: Australia and Malaysia were split equally between red and purple as their second most-liked colours

Note 4: The full results of the US and UK surveys are here and here. Asia Pacific data is not currently available online

Note 5: That is all the notes for now

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