23 Facts About Green

Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum.

Green wavelengths are available from gas lasers, including the helium–neon laser, the Argon-ion laser (514nm) and the Krypton-ion laser (521nm and 531nm), as well as liquid dye lasers.

Green lasers have a wide variety of applications, including pointing, illumination, surgery, laser light shows, spectroscopy, interferometry, fluorescence, holography, machine vision, non-lethal weapons and bird control.

Green earth is a natural pigment used since the time of the Roman Empire.

Green chrome oxide was a new synthetic green created by a chemist named Pannetier in Paris in about 1835.

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Green S is prohibited in many countries, for it is known to cause hyperactivity, asthma, urticaria, and insomnia.

Green is common in nature, as many plants are green because of a complex chemical known as chlorophyll, which is involved in photosynthesis.

Green eyes are most common in Northern and Central Europe.

Green dyes were made out of the fern, plantain, buckthorn berries, the juice of nettles and of leeks, the digitalis plant, the broom plant, the leaves of the fraxinus, or ash tree, and the bark of the alder tree, but they rapidly faded or changed color.

Green was contrasted to the smoky grays and blacks of the Industrial Revolution.

Green is the color most commonly associated in Europe and the United States with nature, vivacity and life.

Green is the color most commonly associated in the United States and Europe with springtime, freshness, and hope.

Green is often used to symbolize rebirth and renewal and immortality.

Green was originally chosen because it deterred counterfeiters, who tried to use early camera equipment to duplicate banknotes.

Green continues to be used because the public now associates it with a strong and stable currency.

Green is a symbol of Ireland, which is often referred to as the "Emerald Isle".

Green is a strong trend in the Irish holiday St Patrick's Day.

Green was the traditional color of Irish nationalism, beginning in the 17th century.

Green was chosen for its association with nature, health, and growth.

Green parties are found in over one hundred countries, and most are members of the Global Green Network.

Green is the color associated with Puerto Rico's Independence Party, the smallest of that country's three major political parties, which advocates Puerto Rican independence from the United States.

Green was given that name because of his role as a diplomat and negotiator.

Green was considered to be the median color between light and obscurity.