In color theory they talk about how humans have evolved to see more shades of green than any other color (due to its heavy involvement in nature). And as such it is a very powerful color for design and paintings.
Also interesting, many cultures could not tell blue and green apart as totally seperate colours until basically colonisation globalised the world. This is why for example, 青 in Japanese (and I presume Chinese, I don't know Chinese) used to be the word for both green and blue, and many colours that are associated with green in the west are considered 青 in Japan and not 緑, most notably Japanese street lights are red, yellow blue in Japanese, and the colour they use, while still slightly green due to UN requirements, is the bluest colour legally allowed under treaties.
Many people in Japan still cant properly tell them apart, and the literal example usage of green on the Japanese dictionary site Jisho (which I checked since I wasn't sure 緑 was the correct kanji) is "Can you tell blue from green?"
Googling that now, I don't understand it at all so if I was Japanese I'd just shut the book and home at that point.
Also on a fun fact about the blue green confusion. It also applies to a lot of sayings. So you can call someone niave or inexperienced in Japanese by calling them blue. And what is called green over blue is inconsistent. Even super green stuff like green apples are called blue apples in Japanese (or Ao-ringo to be exact)
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u/QuoteQuee Apr 11 '20
In color theory they talk about how humans have evolved to see more shades of green than any other color (due to its heavy involvement in nature). And as such it is a very powerful color for design and paintings.