Green -The Color of Growth
Green is a hue or color, but it is also a great neutral. It teams up well with most colors, as you can experience by looking in your local florist's window.
What do you see? Green with almost every color that you can think of, and they always look stunning.
Green is a restful color and used to keep actor's nerves steady before they go on stage, the green room, as it is called.
Green is thought of as traditional, the green and red of christmas ornaments and decorations.
It is a color that is often associated with wealth, and many top schools and university's have green as their color of choice. This green is usually a dark forest green, strong and secure.
Look out the window her, the green foliage just brightens up a cool and dull bathroom.
Green also expresses regrowth and rejuvenation, a sense of moving forward, a crisp and freshness. This green is lighter and sharper in hue, lime almost. Something tangy to get things moving.
Soft mint greens are restful and calming, great for baby's nurseries or hospital rooms. If used in large expanses, it can appear insipid and look washed out so keep that in mind.
Green teams up well with strong and vivid colors, providing a stable backdrop for these colors. It can work equally as well with soft subtle colors, but can overpower them, so getting the correct balance is important.
For some meanings for the color green look below, and for more information look at our color website, green.
