History of colour green

The colour green has been a favourite to many people of all the colours.However most of these people do not know how it came to be and believe it was just an accidental discovery.Here i present to you a detailed history of the colour green.

fascinatingly in some languages the word for blue and green is the same because of its prevalence in nature green was one of the earliest colors that humans tried to recreate for their own use but it was more difficult than

red or yellow in ancient egypt green was the color for rebirth and regeneration this is because of the papyrus that would grow every year after the nile flooded and created richly fertilized fields to express their thankfulness for

this process ancient egyptians would grind malachite a copper mineral to create pigment was used liberally in tomb decoration but did eventually fall out of use because it oxidized black over time ancient romans also used

copper to create green pigment they would soak copper plates and wine to create the deer gris a pigment that is the color of patina of old metal a light cool green vedargis was used in many different forms of art including painting and

mosaics the tradition continued into the medieval period where monks would use this pigment to paint scenes and illuminate the manuscripts during the renaissance plants began to be used to make pigment but they didn't last in

long in art and faded easily green was most often worn by members of the developing middle class bankers landed gentry merchants etc this is because the most common color red was reserved for nobles and royalty

and the lower classes simply couldn't afford expensive clothing die in 1775 swedish chemist carl wilhelm schliel invented a new way to create green pigment it was made with arsenite a chemical compound of arsenic however

this made it as deadly as it was vibrant this pigment was used in many things from art to curtains to clothing and even children's toys it's pigment sickened people for decades in fact it's even been put forth as the cause of

napoleon's death because the wallpaper in his room in exile contained shiel's green the end of the 19th century a similar pigment called paris green was created was just as pretty and just as toxic due to its vibrancy this color was

especially popular with the impressionist artist hence the name paris this is most likely because movement was inspired by painting outside in plain air sadly because of its toxicity it's been theorized that this led to monet's

bindless and illnesses in other impressionist artists so eventually discontinued in the 1960s today there are three main green pigments green 7 green 36 and green 50.

the first two utilize chlorine in color making it poisonous and if ingested this just goes to show that green is dangerous color in fact probably the most dangerous as i mentioned at the beginning of the

video green symbolizes many things firstly and unsurprisingly green has come to be associated with abundant life it's because it's the color of the grass the trees and plants brings a sense of peace and fresh air another concept the

green has come to symbolize as money in america green is the color of currency represents success and material culture spinning off this idea is the fact that green can be used to represent jealousy and envy the idea is often attributed to

shakespeare in his play othello where he used the phrase quote green eyed monster finally i think it's interesting to note that green is an incredibly important color in islam this is because it was used by muhammad as the color of his

robe and banner today many islamic countries use green in their flags for example the image on the right is the flag of saudi arabia pictured as if it was hanging up the text reads there is no god but allah

muhammad is the messenger of allah green the color of nature has a fascinating history in society and who knew it was so deadly make sure to check out the description box below for even more history of color