Your St. Patrick’s Day Guide To Green
Here is your St. Patrick’s Day Guide to Green. Green, as all other colors, can be perceived as both positive and negative. Color choices should be made carefully and used in the proper context. Remember, all colors have their own particular rules and perceptions. The examples for all colors are endless. Therein lies the fun….
The Good Green
- Green light: the go ahead or permission to proceed
- The green room:a room in TV studios where guests relax
- Hey, did you know that time moves faster in a green room?
- Green thumb: a person who is good with plants
- Greenback: money, or a dollar bill
- Greener pastures: something perceived to be newer or better
- Etcetera
The Bad Green
- Green-eyed monster: jealousy
- Green with envy: jealous or envious
- Green: inexperienced untested, untrained
- Greenhorn: novice, trainee, beginner
- Green around the gills: pale, sickly
- Etcetera
We have formed an analogous language to describe colors to one another. The color green can be described as emerald green, sea green, seafoam green, olive green, olive drab green, pea green, grass green, apple green, mint green, forest green, lawn green, lime green, spring green, leaf green, aquamarine green, beryl green, chartreuse green, fir green, kelly green, pine green, moss green, jade green, sage green, sap green, viridian green, etcetera green.
