Green is the middle colour between the three main colours of warmth (red, orange, yellow) and the three main colours of cool (blue, indigo, violet) in the spectrum and for this reason is seen to be the balancing colour and is one of the three additive (light) primary colours along with red and blue.

Being the centre colour, when it reaches the eyes no adjustment is required to be made to view it whatsoever and therefore it is a highly restful and peaceful colour to look at.

It is the colour of Nature and can often be taken for granted as it is constantly all around us, although notice how uplifted we feel in Spring when the grass is greener and plants sprout their leaves…

It has a many positive attributes and naturally several negative attributes and as with other colours these depend on tone, tint and surrounding colours. Each attribute relates to how we feel when we are in the presence of the colour as well as what it says about our own personalities when green is our favourite or least favourite colour.

Positive traits:

Balance, harmony and peace

Hope

Healing and growth

Nature

Replenishment, abundance and nurture

Adaptogenic – adapts to whatever we need, restful yet energising, revitalise and relax

Sympathy, compassion and reassuring

Negative traits:

Jealousy

Unscrupulous

Indifference

Miserly, selfish and inconsiderate

Boredom and stagnation

Bland

 

If you love the colour green you are probably someone who can easily adapt to a situation, you have a natural ability to heal others and show compassion and a strong love of nature. Animals, young children and plants are just as important to you as your own wellbeing. You are a balanced personality, able to be full of energy or calm and relaxed depending on what is called for.

If you don't particularly like green, you may have an issue with being nurtured or nurturing and find the whole song and dance about nature somewhat boring. You may have a tendency to display jealousy easily and find it difficult to adapt to change.

When we don't like a colour one of the best things to do is acknowledge what negative aspects or traits relate to us and try to embrace the colour's positive traits through meditation, wearing the colour, or surrounding ourselves with that colour in a personal space (not necessarily by going as far as decorating, but with a throw or piece of material). Tune into the colour and try to learn the lessons it is sharing with us.

In the house, green is a lovely colour for the bathroom since it is cleansing, calming and energising all in one! It can be used as a highlight in any room, and without realising it you may already have done this with your household plants.

Green is related to the heart charka, located at the heart and is associated with love and self love.

In Tarot, the major arcana cards associated with green are Justice, The Empress and Death (blue-green).