Color basics

Green

A color of vegetation, renewal, poison, money, ecology, and unstable historic pigments.

Ancient onward Plants, copper compounds, minerals, synthetic pigments, light seed

What it is

Green is visually tied to plant life, but historically stable green pigments were not always easy or safe. It carries both natural and toxic associations.

Basics

Green is a primary in RGB light, but a mixed color in many pigment traditions.
Historic greens include verdigris, malachite, terre verte, Scheele’s green, and emerald green.
Green can signal life, nature, growth, safety, money, or poison.

Notes for later expansion

Later expansion should connect to verdigris and toxic industrial greens.
Green is useful for showing how screen brightness differs from pigment mixtures.

What it is

Basics

Notes for later expansion

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