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ED’S COMMENT

WHAT DOES GREEN MEAN?

ince we use the term ‘green industry’
all the time, I thought I’d just give a
Sfew ‘fun facts’ about the word, apart
from the more obvious meanings. Green
has many cultural references in art, religion
and history.
*The word is related to the old English
word ‘grene’, the term used for the colour of
living plants;
*Historians believe that Napoleon
Bonaparte died because of Scheele’s
Green. This toxic pigment was in his green
bedroom wallpaper; advancements in green pigments and
*Since green evokes serenity and paints;
calmness, architects and designers often *Green is associated with nature since
specify the colour in environments such as it is the colour of chlorophyll, the pigment
hospitals; found in plants. Because of this connection,
*In the Elizabethan era, green was a green is used for environmental activism;
common colour for wedding gowns worn So many shades and hues of green –
by brides in the lower and middle classes; emerald green, lime green, olive green,
*The colour green has been used in art mint green, forest green, artichoke green,
since the time of the ancient Egyptians. army green, sage green, bottle green.
They used green earth and malachite, while Green abounds and surrounds us !
the ancient Greeks used verdigris;
*Green had a resurgence in art during Karyn Richards
the Impressionist movement due to Editor

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