The color green inspires thoughts of nature, grass, or trees. Some people think of greed, money or riches. However, the color green has many other meanings.
Colormatters.com reports that green was a color of fertility for the pagans, a color for the holy in the Muslim religion, and a very lucky color of the shamrock in Ireland. Green is also a color to be associated with jealousy, “the green eyed monster”. This expression came from the Greeks, who claimed to see a yellowish-green tint on a person’s face in a time of envy, stated experienceproject.com.
According to ColorMatters.com five percent of men in the United States are colorblind. Being colorblind, you are either red weak or green weak, which could prevent a person from recognizing the color green . Many states in the US put lines or shapes in traffic lights to help colorblind people know when the light turns green. Many emergency exit signs are outlined in green letters because green is the opposite of red (the color of fire) and can more easily be seen through the flames.
Color matters also states the color green has the most shades of any color. Fading from a blue green to a yellow green and everything in between. Only five NFL teams wear a shade of green in their uniforms and green is the primary color North Harford and the Hawks. Green is also the color of superheroes the Incredible Hulk and the Green Lantern, two of the most famous superheroes of comic book history.