About
green is:
- a hue color (chromatic)
- one of the percepted human colors.
- is used as primary color:
- coordinate in a colorspace (for instance the rgb colorspace)
- in a rgb wheel
- located at 550 nm on the visual spectrum
- located at 120 degree in a rgb additive wheel
- below yellow on the visual spectrum
- below cyan on the visual spectrum
- a plus color (additive color)
- used mostly in a additive color model - ie with light (screen, monitor,…) and not with pigment (painting, printing, inking)
- coupled with this emotions: health, nature, abundance, prosperity
- is a cool color
The complementary color of green is:
- red in a subtractive model (paint) (You need to stop at a red sign but you can start again at a green sign)
