Monday, 14 January 2013

The Green Colour !!!

  • The colour green signifies nature, life, youth, safety and hope. 
  • Green is the second most favourite colour – blue being the first.
  • Green represents ‘go’ in traffic signals, railway signals and ship signals.
  • It is known as a safe colour worldwide which is why first-aid equipment is often green.
  • Fire escape exit signs are green in most countries, although some are red.
  • Green is the colour used for night vision goggles because the human eye is most sensitive and able to distinguish the most shades in that colour.
  • The colour green is often used as a symbol of sickness, you’ll most likely have noticed this in cartoons; the character often has a green face when being sick.
  • In North American stock markets, green is used to indicate a rise in stock prices, however In East Asian stock markets, green indicates a drop in stock prices.
  • Green has long been a symbol of fertility and was once the preferred colour choice for wedding gowns in the 1400’s.
  • Before the 1950's Santa's suit was originally green until Coca-Cola bought him out and changed his suit to red.
  • In high schools in the United States during the 1960s, it was believed that if someone wore green on Thursdays, it meant that they were gay.
  • Green is the national colour of Ireland.
  • Green was a sacred colour to the Egyptians representing the hope and joy of spring. The floors of the temples were green.
  • Suicides dropped by 34% when London's Blackfriar Bridge was painted green.

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