"Green is a combination of the colors yellow and blue, each of which brings its own unique energy to the overall feeling of the color green. Blue exudes calm and peace, while yellow radiates liveliness and high levels of energy. As a marriage between these two very different colors, green is a unifier of opposites, offering both the excitement of yellow and the tranquility of blue. It energizes blue’s passivity and soothes yellow’s intensity, inspiring us to be both active and peaceful at the same time. It is a mainstay of the seasons of spring and summer, thus symbolizing birth and growth.
Green is one of the reasons that spring instigates so much excitement and activity. As a visual harbinger of the end of winter, green stems and leaves shoot up and out from the dark branches of trees and the muddy ground, letting us know that it’s safe for us to come out, too. In this way, green invites us to shed our layers and open ourselves to the outside world, not in a frantic way, but with an easygoing excitement that draws us outside just to sniff the spring air. Unlike almost any other color, green seems to have its own smell, an intoxicating combination of sun and sky—earthy, bright, and clean. In the best-case scenario, it stops us in our tracks and reminds us to appreciate the great experience of simply being alive.
Green balances our energy so that, in looking at it, we feel confident that growth is inevitable. It also gives us the energy to contribute to the process of growth, to nurture ourselves appropriately, without becoming overly attached to our part in the process. Green reminds us to let go and let nature do her work, while at the same time giving us the energy to do our own."
~From DailyOM web site
Green's my fave colour and one I use a lot in my work. Other fans of green out there? or any comments on its attributes, uses, etc?
Green is one of the reasons that spring instigates so much excitement and activity. As a visual harbinger of the end of winter, green stems and leaves shoot up and out from the dark branches of trees and the muddy ground, letting us know that it’s safe for us to come out, too. In this way, green invites us to shed our layers and open ourselves to the outside world, not in a frantic way, but with an easygoing excitement that draws us outside just to sniff the spring air. Unlike almost any other color, green seems to have its own smell, an intoxicating combination of sun and sky—earthy, bright, and clean. In the best-case scenario, it stops us in our tracks and reminds us to appreciate the great experience of simply being alive.
Green balances our energy so that, in looking at it, we feel confident that growth is inevitable. It also gives us the energy to contribute to the process of growth, to nurture ourselves appropriately, without becoming overly attached to our part in the process. Green reminds us to let go and let nature do her work, while at the same time giving us the energy to do our own."
~From DailyOM web site
Green's my fave colour and one I use a lot in my work. Other fans of green out there? or any comments on its attributes, uses, etc?
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Re: Unifier Of Opposites -- The Color Green
Tue, March 25, 2008 - 7:34 AMGreen is the new gold. -
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Re: Unifier Of Opposites -- The Color Green
Tue, March 25, 2008 - 7:39 AM
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Re: Unifier Of Opposites -- The Color Green
Tue, March 25, 2008 - 4:49 PMYes, green. I was thinking about green today as I stood in the art supply store looking for a suitable alternative to sap green... which is what I really wanted. I had the sap stuff in my hand, having used it before and grown fond of it, but I flipped that tube over to find out that it contained "chemicals that are known to cause cancer in the state of California (what, nowhere else but California?). This toxicity thing is really beginning to make me question my whole choice of profession. I'd like to ask about these poisons we're all breathing in as we get into our painting trances, unaware that we're basically killing ourselves. Someone tell me of artists who've lived long, healthy lives. Make me feel better. Please. I'm also interested in that ole push n' pull between art for art's sake and that necessary evil. money. But I'll save that for next time...
In any case, I'm a self-taught artist, new to this tribe but eager to meet you all... oh, and I use those three dots a LOT, so I do apologize in advance for that. Please and thank you. -
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Tue, March 25, 2008 - 8:11 PMWelcome to the tribe...
And paint on, sweet dreamer... even if your dreams are in toxic green...:O))
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Wed, March 26, 2008 - 6:53 AMInteristingly, greens be it in collectables, cars, art, cloths ect. Is the least popular color in terms of sales. If you take that in context of overall populairty, it would seem to be the least liked . Just ask anybody who was drafted into the arny.
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Wed, March 26, 2008 - 9:17 AMwonderful topic...
I think any time we engage in the thought of the great beauty and meaning behind the elements of art, we are living in a mini-paradise of thought, immune from the daily worries and stresses.
I do know that a pale green is consciously used in hospitals and mental institutions. Supposedly, studies have been done that show it is a very calming color.
I read one mystical book that says this color is the spiritual color of humility. I thought that is an interesting idea...that humility is a calming force!
I also read in that mystical book that forest green is the color of spiritual aspiration...a kind of fount of inspiration.
Honestly, there have been times in my life when I did not like pale green. Now, I wonder if those weren't times that my ego was getting the best of me. As I have gotten older, I have liked pale green more. Maybe that is some progress for my stubborn pig-headedness?!? Hope so...
again, wonderful topic Allan, thanks for sharing it with us...
take care everyone!
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Wed, March 26, 2008 - 10:41 AMI was commissioned to make a painting that depicted the Lucky Strike cigarette logo, originally designed by the late, great Raymond Lowry, who also designed the Coke bottle and Airstream. The original cigarette package had a green ground--chromium green. It's that green common to antique pre-WWII objects, dark and sage. Around 1942, the package was redesigned with a white background, as it is today.
Apparently, during the Second World War, the American army needed a lot of chromium green for Jeeps, helmets, guns, etc. So, industrial designers had to give up chromium green wherever possible, for the war effort. Weird, eh. Here's my Lucky Strike (with about six tubes of chromium green).
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Re: Unifier Of Opposites -- The Color Green
Wed, March 26, 2008 - 10:33 AM>>the least popular color in terms of sales<<
Well, close, anyways... When it comes to car color, green consistently ranks 7 or 8 on the top ten list. Curiously, the neutrals -- black, white, gray, and silver -- together account for 60 to 70 percent of all vehicles. And even more curiously, red cars -- at 3 or 4 on the list -- are the most likely to be stolen, to be stopped for speeding, and to be involved in accidents that result in serious injury or death.
Maybe one of the things wrong with this world is that so few people value the restful alertness of green...
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Re: Unifier Of Opposites -- The Color Green
Sat, March 29, 2008 - 10:51 AMColour Green linked to Heart Chakra.
(a secret: I often add GOOD quality Cinnabar to a (mix) Green for 'realiZm')
''Unifier Of Opposites'' ... I must say Orange also, depending upon overall harmonies.
ML.