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Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It has 295-350 different shades. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495 - 570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combination of yellow and cyan; in the RGB color model, used on television and computer screens, it is one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue, which are mixed in different combinations to create all other colors. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage. Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content.

During post-classical and early modern Europe, green was the color commonly associated with wealth, merchants, bankers, and the gentry, while red was reserved for the nobility. For this reason, the costume of the ''Mona Lisa'' by Leonardo da Vinci and the benches in the British House of Commons are green while those in the House of Lords are red. It also has a long historical tradition as the color of Ireland and of Gaelic culture. It is the historic color of Islam, representing the lush vegetation of Paradise. It was the color of the banner of Muhammad, and is found in the flags of nearly all Islamic countries.

In surveys made in American, European, and Islamic countries, green is the color most commonly associated with nature, life, health, youth, spring, hope, and envy. In the European Union and the United States, green is also sometimes associated with toxicity and poor health, but in China and most of Asia, its associations are very positive, as the symbol of fertility and happiness. Because of its association with nature, it is the color of the environmental movement. Political groups advocating environmental protection and social justice describe themselves as part of the Green movement, some naming themselves Green parties. This has led to similar campaigns in advertising, as companies have sold green, or environmentally friendly, products. Green is also the traditional color of safety and permission; a green light means go ahead, a green card permits permanent residence in the United States. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Introducción a la sociología by Green

    Published 1969
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    La iglesia local : agente de evangelización by Green, Michael

    Published 1996
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    Beyond the Wild Wood ; The world pf Kenneth Grahame author of The Wind in the Willows by Green, Peter

    Published 1982
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    ¿Cómo llegar a ellos? ; defendamos y comuniquemos la fe cristiana a los no creyentes by Green, Michael

    Published 2003
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    La evangelización en la iglesia primitiva by Green, Michael

    Published 1997
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    The second epistle general of Peter and the general epistle of Jude by Green, Michael

    Published 1979
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    La evangelización en la iglesia primitiva by Green, Michael

    Published 1997
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    I believe in the Holy Spirit by Green, Michael

    Published 1975
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    Fotovisión del Nuevo Testamento by Green, Michael

    Published 1972
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    Creo en el Espíritu Santo by Green, Michael

    Published 1977
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    La evangelización en la iglesia primitiva by Green, Michael

    Published 1976
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    Una reconsideración de los talentos by Green, Simon

    Published 1999
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    Ehieh, una cábala para el mañana / by Green, Arthur

    Published 2016
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    Visiones desde el sur de América / by Green, Rosario

    Published 2006
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    Psicología de la enseñanza by Green, Donald Ross

    Published 1966
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    A short introduction to the literature of the Bible by Moulton, Richard Green

    Published 1906
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    Las pruebas ideadas por el maestro by Green, John A.

    Published 1977
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    Introducción histórica y cristiana al estudio del antiguo testamento by Green, W.H

    Published 1884
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