Green

Symbolic system

In the Symbolic system Occident ale, the green is associated since the Moyen-âge with the Espoir, with the Hasard (bad luck like chance), with the permission (even with the Libertinage) and with the Nature. With the wire of time this symbolic system evolved/moved, the vegetable and libertarian aspect of the green being today dominating.
the origin of this symbolic system resides in the fact that the green is the color of the incipient sheets, of the buds, of the greenery of the Printemps; but also color of the skin of a sick person, a corpse, pus. It is also one of the most unstable colors in Teinture laughs, from where its association with the Chance, and partly its traditional prohibition with the Théâtre, certain actors having been able to be poisoned by the Oxyde of Cuivre or the Cyanure of the green costumes at the time medieval. It is also told that with the Middle Ages, the role of Judas was often held by an actor vêtu of green, that the public frequently took with part at the end of the Passion (see in agreement the green color in the theatrical superstitions).
In the Liturgy roman catholic, the green is carried by the priest during the Office S of the ordinary Temps.
the whole of these symbolic systems results in the use of the green to mean the right-of-way to the fires of circulation, contrary to the Rouge meaning prohibition, for the carpets of play to the casino S, to name the small city parks, the “green areas”, or to color certain dustbins.
On the boats and the planes, the green side-light indicates the side starboard, in opposition to red light indicating port side.
the green being the color of the hope, it is thus allotted to the international language Esperanto ( Esperanto means which hopes for ) and to its principal symbol, the green star with five branches and its flag.
the movements ecologists, such as Greenpeace, use the green because of its frequency in nature and its association with the life. There exist political parties called the “Green Parties” in more than 100 countries throughout the world (see: green Parties throughout the world), to mean that they invest in the “life” Politique. There exists also a generic term, the term of Parti green (or left ecological) used by many parties centered on the Environnementalisme. There exists also the international green Croix for the durable future.
In the Symbolic system the East ale, the green is associated with the Islam
the green is in the ancient planetary symbolic system the color of the planet Venus.
In the Irish flag, the green symbolizes the Roman Catholic church in opposition to the Protestant religion in orange. The Blanc symbolizes peace between these two religions. With the Middle Ages, the green means the joy.
In Heraldic, one names it Sinople.
the signs usually used by pharmacies are the green cross, the green caduceus or the bowl of Hygeia. The green color is almost always associated with pharmacy.
One says Alpine hunters which they have the “blood green. ”
the green Habit is the dress worn by the members of the Institut of France, and in particular of the French Academy, when they meet in solemn meeting.
green Belt: Rank of training of the Judo and the Karate corresponding to the 3^e Kyu (7^e level). There exists also an orange and green belt corresponding to the 4^e Kyu.
In the code of colors of electrical resistances and the condensers, the green color corresponds to figure 5, the multiplier x10 and an accuracy of 0,5%. In the standard CEI 60757, one names it GN (abbreviation of green).
It is the color of the stopper of the bottles of Lait resulting from the Organic farming.
With the Black and the Blue , the dark green is one of the three colors generally used for the bags dustbins of great volumes.
With the Red , the Yellow and the Blue , the green is one of the four colors adopted by the European Community for the containers and dustbins of the Recycling. The green containers are in theory intended to receive the bottles out of glass.
In the exit is at the bottom of space a novel of Science-fiction of Jacques Sternberg, extraterrestrial humanoïdes discuss with the human last: “green? Above all was green, here. As on your premise. A long time ago that we removed this color. A long time ago that we discovered that the green color is large the person in charge of the wear of the cells. It is even rather astonishing that you never thought of that. It was however simple. ”

Expressions and proverbs

To have the green hand: says people who make a success of all that they undertake in their garden.
To be green of rage.
the dollar: the dollar (which is indeed of green color)
small green men: extraterrestrial (according to the literature of science fiction, in particular the Martians) the
to see some, or to say some, of green and the steps blackberries: common things not very, amusing or suprenantes.
green years, a still green old man: to be in full form.
To put an animal at the green: to nourish fresh produce, natural.
to put itself at the green: to go to the countryside, to take holidays.
“the blue eyes go to the skies, the gray eyes with the paradise, the green eyes in hell, the black eyes with the purgatory. ”
To have green light : to be authorized with…
To receive a barrage of fierce criticism (to receive a series of blows violent one. The green heart makes more badly than the seasoned wood).
the underworld slang is the opposite of the set language; it indicates the slang or the fact of speaking crûment. From where the adverb sharply within the meaning of harshly: to criticize, engueuler sharply.
a green track in ski is the easiest track for a skier of low level or beginner (however the Verte of Houches, track used at the time of the world cup of ski with Chamonix is not classified " verte")

Green dyes

Basiquement, the green is obtained in Peinture (gouache, watercolour or oil-base paint) quite simply by mixing a primary education blue (Cyan) with Jaune. The green is thus regarded as a secondary color.

On the contrary, in the case of the Slide S and Autochrome S invented by the Brothers Light and today in the cathode tubes of the Television set S color and flat panel displays TFT or LCD, the green is one of the three components making it possible to reproduce (theoretically) all the other colors.

The green is thus secondary or made up a color in the subtractive Synthèse (green CMJN or green quadri), and it is a primary Couleur in the additive Synthèse (green RVB). These two greens are very different and the quadrichromy of the printers and the ink jet printers of ink is unable to reproduce the luminous green saturated with the screens.

The use of the green, as a dye or a pigment is obviously present in many fields: ink of Printing works, Painting, Dyeing of fabrics, Make-up, dyeing for the hair and food dyes.

It should for example be stressed that the green color is symbolically and commercially associated with the Menthe and since decades, the mint beverages industrial sold in the trade are artificially coloured in green In general it is a question of a coloring obtained by mixture of a yellow dye and a blue dye, the E102 and the E131. In green the gums with the sap of pine and famous the pastilles Valda are also coloured.

Table of the food green dyes

Food usually coloured in green

ice with the Mint
ice with the Pistachio
ice with the green The
Mint beverage
wasabi
Turkish delight (with mint and pistachio)
Candy S (traditionally, the green candies is aromatized with the Anis, whereas those with mint are white except gums; the flavor " apple verte" justify also coloring in green)
Valda pastilles, Gomme S with the sap of pine
Almond paste (generally sold coloured in pink, green and nature)

Other uses

With regard to the pigments used in paintings and others chemical dyes, they are generally salts of copper whose nuances go from blue to the green a given green color will be in fact a mixture of green pigments, yellow and blue in various proportions to obtain a large variety of nuances.

The green color is used by several trade marks: Green giant (corn out of box), Green light (chain of shops and garages for vehicles), a magazine ecologist published in the Seventies was entitled green Blood (there does not exist any more).

The green color is also used for many consumables current: foam bath, shampoo, liquidate for the crockery. And with the marks are associated with the green color in a durable way: the cakes of soap of the Palmolive mark are green, as well as the liquid soaps and even the liquids crockery of this mark. Green also the lotion for the hair Hahn Oil, like its shampoos, just like the bath moussan Badedas, liquidates green, green bottle. In fact usually Ci 42090 (Bleu) and Ci 19140 (Jaune) are used mixed to give the green color of the cosmetic products.

Gallery of greens

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