green

green color or pigment

resembling the color of growing grass a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

"they went for a walk in the park" United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952) an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course

"the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker" any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables street names for ketamine turn or become green

"The trees are greening" of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum

similar to the color of fresh grass

"a green tree"

"green fields"

"green paint" concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party not fully developed or mature

not ripe

"unripe fruit"

"fried green tomatoes"

"green wood" looking pale and unhealthy

"you're looking green"

"green around the gills" naive and easily deceived or tricked

"at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

otheruses wiktionary Green is a color seen commonly in nature. Many plants are green mainly because of a complex chemical known as chlorophyll which is involved in photosynthesis.Green light has a wavelength of roughly 520-570 Nanometrenm and is one of the additive primary colors. It is the complement of magenta. Many artists, however, continue to use a traditional color theory in which the complement of green is considered to be red.People who are red-green color blindnesscolor blind can often distinguish between the two colors but confuse them with other colors, for example, bright green with yellow; dark green with brown.

Uses of the color green - In the Middle Ages, green represented evil or demonic beings (including European dragondragons) and sometimes love.In heraldry, green is called vert.Green also symbolizes ''go'' because of its use in traffic signals, railway signals and ship signals. It is also the color of informational and directional signs. Fire escape fire exitexit signs are green in some countries, but red in others.In night vision goggles, the color green is used to display the enhanced image because the human eye is able to discern the most shades in that color.In auto racing a green flag signals the start or resumption of a race.Because of its camouflage properties, green is typically used for the field uniforms for many military services. It is also used as the dress uniform for many land forces and marines.Green is a symbol of Ireland, which is often referred to as "the Emerald Isle". The color is particularly identified with the Fianna Fáilrepublican and nationalist traditions in modern times. It is used this way on the flag of the Republic of Ireland, in balance with the unionist orange (color)orange.Green also serves as a symbol of the Esperanto language. It is said that the color was first suggested by an Irishman, Richard Henry Geoghegan, who apparently suggested it as it was the color of his country and because it is the color of hope, hope being a strong theme in Esperanto culture. The color is particularly associated with the green star, and is seen too on the Esperanto flag. "Little green men" refers to the stereotypical portrayal of extraterrestrials with green skin.In the Quran, sura Al-Insan, followers of Allah in ParadiseJannah wear fine green silk. Green is the color of the snooker ball which has a 3-point value, and is also a common color for the baize on a snooker table.Green is the color generally associated with Plaid Cymru, the WalesWelsh political party - but not for reasons of its political ideology.British Racing Green is a popular color for cars. It was made famous by the likes of Bentley in the early 20th Century.

Green substances - Food colorings used for green include chlorophyll (E140 and E141), quinoline (E104) and, in countries where it is permitted, "Green S" (E142).

Colloquial expressions -

Envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, is also called the ''green-eyed monster'' (after a phrase in Shakespeare's ''Othello''). A person suffering therefrom is said to be "green with envy". Substances that may impart a greenish hue to one's skin include biliverdin, the green pigment in bile, and ceruloplasmin, a protein that carries copper ions in chelation.

Traditionally, someone who works well with plants is said to have a ''green thumb'', or green fingers.

An inexperienced person is sometimes known as ''green'', probably by analogy to unripe (i.e. unready, immature) fruit. The word ''greenhorn'' also refers to an inexperienced person.

Extraterrestrial lifeAliens (of the extraterrestrial variety) are sometimes referred to as "little green men".

People who are feeling ill are sometimes referred to as "green around the gills".

Web color - swatchgreen The color ''green'' used in HTML and Cascading Style SheetsCSS is actually a dark green, as seen in the sample to the right: the pure green color is called ''lime (color)#Web colorlime''.-

"Green" as a political ideology - The ecology movement uses green because of its common occurrence in nature. Greenpeace, an ecologyecological group, uses green because of its association with life and verdancy. Those who carry this into the political realm are called "Greens":There are political partypolitical parties known as "Green Parties" in over one hundred countries throughout the world (beginning primarily in Europe, though similar parties have taken root around the world). The more generic term "green party" is used for parties that emphasize environmentalism, but it is increasingly out of favour as the Global Greens have succeeded in uniting almost all such parties under a Global Green Charter.A "Green Party" (or Faction) also existed in the Byzantine Empire for a while, but of course it had nothing to do with modern Greens. Rather, it developed out of a kind of chariot racing fanclub whose drivers used the color green to distinguish themselves from the opposing "Blue Party".Green is the traditional color of Islam, likewise because of its association with nature and the scarce and precious plant life of Arabia. Muhammad is quoted in a hadith as saying that "water, greenery, and a beautiful face" were three universally good things. For this reason, Flag of Libyathe flag of Libya is plain green, the only current national flag of a single color.Green is also the color of supporters of Taiwan independence in opposition to the unification-leaning pan-blue coalition. This symbolism comes from Taiwan's tropics and is unrelated to environmentalism or the Green Party.

"Green" as a symbol - Green is the color of the back of U.S. currency, and thus carries a strong connotation of money, wealth, and capitalism. This is especially true in the U.S., but the symbol of the dollar worldwide makes it a wider symbol. This is illustrated by a joke told in the days of the Soviet Union: "Name something green, other than money", with the correct answer being "A ruble".In North American stock markets, green is used to denote a rise in stock prices. In East Asian stock markets, however, green is used to denote a drop in stock prices.

Green pigments -

Cobalt green

Emerald green

Malachite

Sap green

Terre verte

Verdigris

Viridian

See also -

Distinguishing "blue" from "green" in language

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