Green
Green iscolor seen commonlynature. Plantsgreen becausecontain chlorophyll.Green light haswavelengtharound 550 nmis one ofadditive primary colors.
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Distinguishing "Green"language
The English language makesdistinction between bluegreen, but some languages, such as Tarahumara, Japanese, Vietnamese,Toki Pona (a constructed language), don't haveseparate wordgreenuse eitherwordyellow orwordbluedescribecolor. Most oftime, Chinese language hasblue-green distinction, but another word, qing (青pinyin: qing1), used most oftenpremodern Chinese, can mean either "blue" or "green" or, much less frequently, "black", asxuanqing (玄青 xuan2 qing1).
"Green" assymbol
The ecology movement uses green becauseits common occurrencenature. Greenpeace, an ecological group, uses green becauseits associationlife. Those who carry this intopolitical realmcalled "Greens":
Therepolitical parties namedGreen Partiesover one hundred countries throughoutworld (beginningEurope, althoughGreen Party ofUnited Statesmany state partiestwo prominent provincial partiesCanada -OntarioBC have taken root). The more generic term "green party"usedparties that emphasize environmentalism, but itincreasingly outfavour asGlobal Greens have succeededuniting almost all such parties underGlobal Green Charter.
Green istraditional colorIslam, likewise becauseits associationnature. Muhammadreliably quoted inhadith as saying that "water, greenery, andbeautiful face" were three universally good things.
GreenalsocolorsupportersTaiwan independenceopposition tounification leaning pan-blue coalition. The originthis symbolism comes from Taiwan beingtropical island.
Green also symbolizes go becauseits usetraffic signals. Italsocolorinformationaldirectional signs.
In North American stock markets, greenuseddenoterise in stock prices. In East Asian stock markets, greenuseddenote a dropstock prices.
Becauseits camouflage properties, greentypically used forfield uniformsmany military services. Italso used asdress uniformmany land armiesmarines.
"Little Green Men" refers tostereotypical portrayalextraterrestrialsgreen skin, antennae andgenerally human body plan (but withnumber ofcertain body part often changed).
Colloquial expressions
- Envy, one oftraditional Seven Deadly Sinsalso calledGreen-eyed monster. A person suffering therefromsaidbe "greenenvy"
- Traditionally, someone who works wellplantssaidhavegreen thumb, or green fingers.
- A new, inexperienced rookiealso known as green, probably from its referenceunripe (i.e. unready, immature) fruit.
People whored-green colour blind can not distinguish betweentwo colours.
A greenan areagrassyy common land atcentre oftown or village (see village green).
A putting green isareawell-manicured grass surrounding each hole ongolf course.
PeopleGreen as their surname include
At Stanford University, "Green" meansCecil H. Green Library.
