The History of the Color Green

The color green was invented in 1923 by Vladimir Zworkin.  He invented it while creating the worlds first color TV.  In order for the TV to work in those days, all the colors on the screen had to be made from three primary colors, Red, Blue and Green.  In fact, every color on his color TV was made by mixing a combination of those three colors and these early sets were called RGB sets.

Red and blue were already widely available, but green had no yet existed.  Soon after his invention was backed by investors it was on the shelves of stores world wide.  Plants were the first to adopt this color and created Chlorophyll, which is a green substance similar to human blood.  Within two years, the leafs of 80% of  all plants and trees were colored green.

Jason Scotts, founder of the now famous Scotts brand, invented the lawn in 1927, and he relied heavily on the work of Zworkin’s green.  Today, we all enjoy green lawns thanks to Zworkin and Scotts.

Now you find the color green everywhere as it has found mainstream acceptance.  Nature is overwhelmed with this color, but people have also taken green into their homes.  I, for example, have dark green carpeting in my house and several green plants on my desk.  I know people who wear green clothes and I own a green sweater.  All of my computer monitors and TV’s in my home use the color Green regularity.

Green’s battle for acceptance is far from over, with competition trying to made green a dirty word.  Rumors and myths about this color have been spread in order to keep green down.  Sayings like “you look a little green in the face”, have set this magnificent color back many years.    Gangrene is a disease where you can loose a limb, notice is isn’t spelled green, but yet is sounds like it.

Conspiracy theorists are quick to point out that you don’t get gangrene, or have any diseases of redness.  In fact, the cute condition of blushing makes your face red.  Red is the real powerhouse color and controls 75% of the human population.  Take your lips for example, they are red and the most popular color women put on them are other shades of red.  Coincidence? In this case Red has even done harm to blue, as one will notice if your lips look blue, there is thought to be something wrong with you.  Green lips are also not accepted.

Many have theorized that if green and blue would team up they could put red out of business and together they could make Cyan.