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Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked
by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with
a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres.
In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary
color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow
and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered one
of the additive primary colors. On the HSV color
wheel, the complement of green is magenta; that
is, a purple color corresponding to an equal mixture
of red and blue light. On a color wheel based on
traditional color theory (RYB), the complementary
color to green is considered to be red.
The word green is closely related to the Old English
verb growan, “to grow”. It is used to
describe plants or the ocean. Sometimes it can also
describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous,
or sick. In America, green is a slang term for money,
among other things. Several colloquialisms have
derived from these meanings, such as “green
around the gills”, a phrase used to describe
a person who looks ill... |
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