The Colour Green: - Weekly Journal #16

When I did the the Journal on Black ( fav.me/d9zb642 ), LttleGhost  pointed out that I had forgotten Black and Green as a colour combination (Thanks Ghost!). So this week I'm going to focus on Green. When we think of green we end usually think of nature, but it's not limited to only that, green can also be for:
Poison
Sickness
Healing
Hope
Varying degrees of insanity
Nature
Money
Happiness
Friendship
Selfishness
Inspiration
Growth
Life
Love.

A pretty long and complicated list just for one colour! However when you pick a different shades of green you can give different signals in your piece. Green can help bring a sense of balance, harmony, and stability. Unless put with a highly contrasting colour, which then turns the meaning on its head.


Pale green: Freedom, healing, hope, peace, occasionally sickness or insanity.
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Bright Green or Warm Greens: happiness, growth, money, poison , selfishness, inspiration.
 
Dark Green: sickness, Friendship, Nature, sickness, poison, sometimes decay.
 

Please Note, when you are painting a natural background, never use green only, and try to vary your shades of green like the pictures below
 

COLOUR COMBINATIONS:

Green and Red: for most of us this immediately screams " Christmas!! ", so in Europe most other meaning has been lost, however as far as I know, this combination mainly sprung from the pagan use of Holly in the solstice. They are complementary colours so, they make each other stand out.
   

Green and Yellow: when you use gold it can mean money, but otherwise it means sickness and death, colour combo was harder to find than the others:
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Green and Blue: Has a calming effect, even if your character is holding a weapon:
   

Green and Purple:  can look toxic, insane, unhinged, or like the hulk.
   

Green and White:  Hope, Friendship, money, growth, peace.
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Green and Black: Since J.K Rowling's series Harry Potter came out, this also means Slytherin, however it can also mean, envy, healing, decay, poison, sickness, and over running growth. If you're doing vines that surround a witches castle, this is the best choice.
 

So that's all for this week, if you have something to add that's not on here feel free to comment and please, if you have an idea of what YOU want to know about colour, please let us know!
See ya!