The Color Green
The color green is the color of balance,
harmony and growth
harmony and growth
The
color green is the color of balance and harmony. From a color psychology
perspective, it is the great balancer of the heart and the emotions, creating
equilibrium between the head and the heart.
From
a meaning of colors perspective, green is also the color of growth, the color
of spring, of renewal and rebirth. It renews and restores depleted energy. It
is the sanctuary away from the stresses of modern living, restoring us back to
a sense of well being. This is why there is so much of this relaxing color on
the earth, and why we need to keep it that way.
Green
is
an emotionally positive color, giving us the ability to love and nurture ourselves and others unconditionally. A natural peacemaker, it must avoid the tendency to become a martyr.
an emotionally positive color, giving us the ability to love and nurture ourselves and others unconditionally. A natural peacemaker, it must avoid the tendency to become a martyr.
Green loves to observe. It relates to the counselor, the good
listener, the social worker. It loves to contribute to society. It is the
charity worker, the good parent and the helpful neighbor.
Being a combination of yellow and blue, the color green
encompasses the mental clarity and optimism of yellow with the emotional calm
and insight of blue, inspiring hope and a generosity of spirit not available
from other colors.
This is a color that has a strong sense of right or wrong,
inviting good judgment. It sees both sides of the equation, weighs them up, and
then usually takes the moral stand in making appropriate decisions. On the
negative side, it can be judgmental and over-cautious.
Green promotes a love of nature, and a love of family,
friends, pets and the home. It is the color of the garden lover, the home lover
and the good host.
It is generous and loves to share, but it also looks for
recognition. It is friendly and can keep confidences.
This color relates to stability and endurance, giving us
persistence and the strength to cope with adversity.
Green is the color of prosperity and abundance, of finance
and material wealth. It relates to the business world, to real estate and
property. Prosperity gives a feeling of safety to green.
On the negative, the color green can be possessive and
materialistic, with a need to own people and things.
If your favorite color is green, it will reflect in your
personality! Personality color green will give you more information
on this.
If you are thinking of using green in a business application,
read about themeanings of colors in business.
Positive and Negative Traits
Positive keywords include: growth and vitality,
renewal and restoration, self-reliance, reliability and dependability, being
tactful, emotionally balanced and calm, nature lover and family oriented,
practical and down to earth, sympathetic, compassionate and nurturing,
generous, kind and loyal with a high moral sense, adaptable, encourages 'social
joining' of clubs and other groups, a need to belong.
Negative keywords include: being possessive and
materialistic, indifferent and over-cautious, envious, selfish, greedy and
miserly, devious with money, inconsiderate, a hypochondriac and a do-gooder.
Green Represents:
Harmony and balance: Green is the great balancer of
our mental, emotional and physical energies which is why there is so much green
on our planet. Green is the heart centre of the body.
Growth: As in nature, green leaves are
an indication the plant is still growing.
Hope: Green is the anticipation of
things to come.
Effects of Green:
Rejuvenating: The color green revitalizes us
when we are physically, mentally or emotionally exhausted.
Nurturing: Because of its link with the
heart, green urges us to nurture others. Green is also nurturing to us -
another reason why it is the most predominant colour on earth.
Dependable, agreeable and
diplomatic: The color green helps us to see situations clearly from all
sides.
Possessiveness: Green is a color that
encourages us to want to own things and people, to collect and possess. Green
encourages materialism.
Envy:Green with envy' is a common
phrase and a negative reaction to the color green.
Variations of the Color Green
Pale green: As the color of new growth on
plants, it indicates immaturity, youthfulness and inexperience. It allows us to
see things from a new perspective, to make a fresh start.
Emerald green: This is an inspiring and
uplifting color suggesting abundance and wealth in all its forms, from material
wellbeing, to emotional wellbeing to creative ideas.
Jade green: The color of trust and
confidentiality, tact and diplomacy, jade green indicates a generosity of
spirit, giving without expecting anything in return. It increases worldly
wisdom and understanding, assisting in the search for enlightenment.
Lime green: Lime green inspires
youthfulness, naivety and playfulness; it is liked the most by younger people.
It creates a feeling of anticipation, and helps to clear the mind of
negativity.
Dark green: There is a degree of
resentment in dark green. Often used by wealthy businessmen, ambitious and
always striving for more wealth, dark green signifies greed and selfish desire.
Aqua: Aqua calms the spirit,
offering protection and healing for the emotions.
Olive green: Although the traditional color
for peace, 'offering an olive branch', the color olive suggests deceit and
treachery, blaming others for its problems. However there is also a strength of
character with it that can overcome adversity to develop an understanding and
caring of the feelings of others.
Yellow green: This color green suggests
cowardice, conflict and fear.
Grass green: Grass green is the color of
money. It is self-confident and secure, natural and healthy, occurring in
abundance in nature.
Personality Color Green
While
you may not exhibit all the character traits of a personality color green as
listed here, if your favorite color is green you will find yourself somewhere
in the description. You may also find you exhibit some of the negative traits,
particularly when you are stressed.
·
With a personality color green you are a
practical, down-to-earth person with a love of nature.
·
You are stable and well balanced or are
striving for balance - in seeking this balance, you can at times become unsettled
and anxious.
·
Having a personality color green means you
are kind, generous and compassionate - good to have around during a crisis as
you remain calm and take control of the situation until it is resolved.
·
You are caring and
nurturing to others - however you must be careful not to neglect your own needs
while giving to others.
·
You are
intelligent and love to learn - you are quick to understand new concepts.
·
With a personality
color green you have a great need to love and to be loved and you tend to wear
your heart on your sleeve- you are an open book who doesn't hide his/her
feelings.
·
You have a need to
belong - greens are the joiners of social groups - you are at home in any
social situation as you are gracious and well-mannered, knowing just the right
things to say and do.
·
You are a good
citizen and like to be involved in community groups.
·
You have high
moral standards and doing the right thing is important to you.
·
You like to be
accepted, appreciated and admired for the good you do in the community as well
as in your family life.
·
You are a loyal
friend and a faithful partner, gentle but not passionate.
·
It is difficult
for you to feel great passion as your need is for balance and peace, not
action.
·
You are
strong-willed and do not like to be told what to do by others. You do like to
win arguments and do not concede defeat easily.
·
You can have a
tendency to gossip, which is connected to your need to belong.
·
You love food and
find it hard to lose weight.
·
With a personality
color green you are not a risk-taker and not action orientated, rather more of
an observer. You love to sit in a café and watch the world go by.
·
You are business
orientated and love to work in your own business. Money is important to you but
you are generous.
·
Detail bores you.
You process information quickly and prefer to develop an idea, organize a plan
and then delegate the rest to someone else. Ideas flow quite easily but you are
not good at executing them.
·
You accumulate
possessions but they are usually of high quality and high price.
·
You make an
excellent counselor, psychologist, social worker as you are a good listener and
can view others problems with empathy, clarity and a balanced analysis, seeing
both sides while showing respect and caring.
·
The ability to put
yourself in the shoes of others is one of your true talents, but you need to be
careful you don't become so involved in others lives that you become a martyr.
·
You have to be
careful not to become complacent and self-righteous, forgetting about your own
dreams and goals.
·
Greens are
generally frank, community-minded people, fairly sociable but preferring peace
at any price. You can be too self-effacing, modest and patient, and run the
risk of being exploited by others. You may appear to be innocent and naïve but
you are actually quite streetwise and astute - you read others well, but often
keep it to yourself.
·
A negative side to
the green personality is a tendency towards envy and jealousy.
Your Deepest Need
Your
deepest need is to
belong, to love and be loved, and to feel safe and secure. You need acceptance
and acknowledgement for the everyday things you do for others - just a 'thank
you' is sufficient.
If you dislike green:
·
You are not a social 'joiner'
·
You do not like to do things the way the
majority does.
·
You are not particularly a nature lover.
·
You may be a loner preferring to keep to
yourself than mixing with crowds.
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