My Rambling Report On The Color Green + My Art Project For Zazzy’s Challenge

/ Ally Bean

My Rambling Report On The Color Green

a spunky hosta growing among the stones underneath the deck

Well paint me green and call me a cucumber!

Someone on social media said the above and I got laughing.

Then I realized that I’ve been inexplicably drawn to the color green lately, seeing the color everywhere I turn. It’s summer here so it’s outside my window, but I’ve also found myself drawn to it inside the house.

Bought some drapes, white background with a vertical vine pattern in a color called Pine.

Bought some oval place mats in a color called Thyme.

Bought some bath mats in a color called Celadon.

[Even looked at, but didn’t buy, nail polish in a shade called Happily Evergreen After.]

Yep, I’m in my green phase now.

image via @grantdraws on IG

So what does the color green mean?

• According to Sensational COLOR green is “the most common color in the natural world, and it’s second only to blue as the most common favorite color.”

While green can be associated with money & envy, what I’m enjoying about green is its calming influence that symbolically represents freshness and progress.

• According to the Crayola Crayons wikipedia page, there are 22 Standard shades of green and many Speciality shades. Most of the crayons have basic predictable names but a few have unusual names such as: Inchworm, Asparagus, Fern, & Shamrock. My conclusion is that green means variety.

• An article from The Cleveland Clinic about chakras explains that there are 7 “places in your body where energy — in yoga terms, prana — congregates or is concentrated.”  

The chakra associated with green is your heart chakra that’s located, somewhat predictably, in the center of your chest. Keeping your heart chakra open is important if you’re to maintain balance.

made me laugh so here it is

“It ain’t easy being green.” 

Kermit nailed it when he shared his burden of being green, like leaves, in his mellow soulful song “Bein’ Green” [HERE].

Is there anyone among us who doesn’t understand that blending in with other ordinary things, instead of standing out like splashy sparkles in the water, can be frustrating?

Of course he goes on to say that green can be cool and friendly-like which is where I’ll end this scintillating, marginally informative, blog post brought to you by the Universe nudging me to notice the color green.

And who can argue with that‽

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My Art Project For Zazzy

Zazzy of the blog zazamataz has challenged us, her bloggy friends, to create some art. In her post [HERE] she shares a video in which an artist shows you how to use water color paints, a roll of painter’s tape, and a black Sharpie to manifest art.

The video, like Zazzy, is encouraging so I decided to see what I could do, adapting as I went along.

First I bought some watercolor paints at the grocery store, forgetting to buy a few extra paint brushes. Then I found notebook paper in my desk drawer, discovered a roll of masking tape in the kitchen junk drawer, decided to use Q-tips in place of paintbrushes, and substituted a pencil, then an ink pen, in place of the Sharpie I didn’t have.

In other words I used what I could find around here.

Below is my masterpiece.

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Questions of the Day

Do you like the color green? Where do you see green in your life? Do you see it literally and/or do you use the word figuratively?

Do you *MOO* when you see a cow thereby announcing its existence? If not, what’s wrong with you?

Considering I’m not an artist by training or inclination, how do you like my artwork? Are you willing to try to create some art, just to see what happens when you try?

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240 thoughts on “My Rambling Report On The Color Green + My Art Project For Zazzy’s Challenge”

  1. Green always reminds me of my Mom as it was her favorite color. When we moved to a new home in 1966, my Mom had green everywhere and she was so happy. Avocado green carpet, wallpaper, appliances, furniture, drapery and celery green carpet in the living room. We all thought it was so beautiful and the fanciest home we could imagine.

    Years later, I always made sure to wear a green top when I visited her in the nursing home and she always noticed.

    Green is a happy memory for me!

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    • Ellen D., I’d forgotten about Avocado green in decorating. I’m sure your Mom’s house was beautiful and fancy.

      The first house Z-D and I bought had appliances in Avocado green with jade carpeting throughout. Of course it was in the ’90s so by then the trend was over, but it was soothing.

      So sweet and smart of you to wear green when you visited your mom. That’s a lovely memory.

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  2. Looking at the list of greens and the shades they represent, I obviously know nothing about it. Though inchworm is a nice shade.

    I love green. We painted our kitchen a beautiful Hunter Green. I so loved it. Kept it for more than a few years, then went to periwinkle blue.

    My favourite stone outside of my birthstone (diamond) is the emerald…

    As for your art, that is simply lovely. I have hundreds of dollars of art materials waiting for me to stop being a sissy and just try something. You’ve inspired me to open one up!

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    • Dale, I was awed by all the various shades of green and the names for them. I found it interesting to learn how little I knew.

      We had a house that came with Hunter Green wallpaper in the kitchen, cherry cabinets, and black appliances. It was striking, sophisticated.

      I admit I rather like my art. It was done as a lark, but also because I thought I could do with a project that gently pushed me outside my comfort zone. Hope you decide to try something soon.

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      • I love the names. At first thought they were way off base, like for asparagus, until I looked at the ones I had in my fridge.

        My hunter green walls really made the white cabinets pop, tell you what!

        I am so glad you do and it’s wonderful to push ourselves out of our comfort zone, for sure. Not art related, but there is a request at work that I’m on the fence in accepting. It would be a challenge but I don’t know how comfortable I feel tackling this. It might be (probably is) biting off more than I can chew.

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        • I felt the same way about Inchworm, but then realized it is indeed a shade of green, so it wasn’t off base.

          The thing about doing this paint project is that while it’s not my thing to be an artist, I knew there was no downside to trying, I allow myself to fail at things. Plus the paints cost less than $5 so I wasn’t overly financially invested in the project.

          However a challenge at work is a whole ‘nother situation! Good luck with your decision, no matter how tough it is to make.

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          • Doesn’t it make you want to look more closely at the colours of things?

            Yes. And hey, who knows? You could (I could) discover you enjoy it. It’s important to allow oneself to fail at things.

            Yeah, I’m reading all the requirements and lordy… With one month notice to prepare all of this? I’m thinking not.

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              • I love colour. Some have these beautiful gardens in the front of their houses and there are no flowers, just different shades and textures of green. So lovely.

                Yeah, my coworker said he ain’t touching it; he doesn’t do evening events. While I might eventually want to try my hand at this, I am not completely convinced on this one. Plus, it’s taking place July 15 and I’m on vacation as of the 11th. Nope. Methinks I will pass on this one this time!

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                • We used to have a neighbor who did the all green front yard. You’re right, the shades and textures were stunning.

                  Good reasoning. When it is the right thing to do, you’ll know.

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                  • It can be such a work of art. Some have a natural eye for these things.

                    Yeah. I said I wasn’t going to touch it; my co-worker said it would be up to the new boss (who won’t be back before Monday, anyway as she is off walking the Compostela in Portugal.)

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                    • Wow. I am in awe of anyone who undertakes this. I’m not sure which of the routes she has chosen, except that it goes along the water. I think she said she was walking a total of 298 km (185 miles) in three weeks. She will come back a different person, methinks.

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                    • Beyond me, too. I will, very slowly, hopefully, transform my front yard into something nice. The grass looks like shite because it’s mostly weeds and mostly in the shade thanks to two huge maples ad a pine of some sort. I’m thinking some stepping stones, river rock, a plant here, a ground cover there…

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  4. I just answered your daily question in a post of mine. Couldn’t wait to publish it, to be honest. My streak is broken, but publishing non daily is no fun stats wise 😂.

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  5. I do like green and have incorporated it into my life often in various shades. My favorite green right now is living in the two wildflower beds outside my front door. The plants are growing like crazy and still waiting to get bigger and flower so it’s refreshing to walk out my door and see a sea of green.

    Crayola has the most appropriate names for their crayons. Inchworm green- I can instantly picture that color, actually all of those listed are very evocative.

    No, I do not moo at cows but this little fact reminded me oddly of “slug bug”! Do you know that little game?

    Your art is lovely. Watercolors are wonderful for creating varied shades and add interest to the overlapping portions of your circles. Maybe it’s time for a bigger version that highlights your new favorite color of green? See how many varied shades you can create just by using your paint…

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    • Deb, wildflowers! Yes, yes, that’s a wonderful example of green done right! I can imagine how they are cheerful. The Inchworm shade of Crayola green made me smile after a moment of thought about it, I got it.

      I remember playing Slug Bug! It was the go-to car game when on the road. Sure mooing at cows, or baaing at sheep was good, but slugging was much better! Thanks for the memory.

      I like your painting project idea. To do it right I need to find something larger than a sheet of notebook paper if I’m going to do a montage of greens. The next time I’m at Target I’ll look for something. Thanks for the idea.

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      • I loved that my grands carried on the tradition of slug bug when they were young. It wasn’t quite the same without the multitudes of VW bugs like I would see in my childhood years, but they got pretty good at recognizing the VW brand in general. Prior to their birth both their mom and I had driven VW Jetta’s. That was a favorite one to look for, although we still said “slug bug”. Slug Jetta just doesn’t sound right. 🙂

        Love to see how you highlight green in your next project- please post an update when the creation is complete!

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        • Slug Jetta! I’m laughing out loud at that. I’ve never thought about the lack of VW Bugs could be problematic, yet…

          I wonder if I could find a larger [reasonably priced] watercolor paint set that would have more shades of green in it? Now I’m on a mission. 🤔

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          • I’m sure somewhere out there is a palette with more green- however I was actually thinking of just purposefully experimenting with what you have given that mixing the blue/yellow gives you the basic green but based on amounts of each plus tiny hints of other colors will vary the depth of the green. I bet you can create a nice variance from pine to olive up to even a neon-ish color. Gosh, sorry if that sounds instructional- I seem to be getting rather invested in this project 😉

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  6. YES, I too like green, which is everywhere nowadays since I live in a preserve.

    Moreover, I like how you take something ordinary (a Crayola flavor, for example) and make it speshul. I mean it! Your artwork is amazing too, especially with the Q-Tips enabling it. Thank you, Ally!

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    • Marian, good point about where you live and how you’re surrounded by green. As you may remember we folks up here in the midwest have drab winter months that make seeing green seem more special when it happens.

      Thanks for the compliment about my art. I may not be inclined to painting, but I have to admit that using the Q-Tip was a stroke of inspiration that made my frugal little self happy.

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  7. I found your art project very MOO-ving . . . and yes I MOO at cows too . . . especially those in GREEN fields.

    I do art projects regularly and framed a watercolor of Florida flora painted this spring to hang in the living room. It’s full of GREEN palms and RED blooms. No one is offering me big bucks for it . . . yet. 😀

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    • Nancy, of course you found it MOO-ving, I’d expect nothing less from you.

      I’ve not tried to paint anything artsy in a long time. It was fun, but your project sounds much more sophisticated than mine, hanging in the living room like it is. Cool beans!

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          • I took a watercolor class in 1997 for 4-5 sessions.

            At one session, the instructor regarded my WIP and said, “you would do decent illustrations for children’s books.” He meant it as a subtle criticism . . . I took it as a compliment. 😀

            By the way . . . I meant to say that this watercolor was painted with a supermarket watercolor set (like you bought) and painted on cheap unlined paper . . . during a study break while preparing to take the NJ Bar Exam. I bought my first “real” watercolors in 1997 for the class just mentioned.

            I paint in spurts. Every day for a time . . . then almost never for awhile. It’s not a compulsion, but it is a pleasurable pursuit and pastime.

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            • I’d take that as a compliment too. How could that be a criticism, everyone has their own style. I’m with you, your art is delightful.

              You’re encouraging me with the tools you used to paint your picture. I can understand how painting would be a great break from studying for the Bar Exam. As I recall Z-D was nutz doing that.

              I can see me painting as a pleasurable pursuit, but very much doubt it’ll become a compulsion. 🎨

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  8. I love green. It makes me thankful for the abundance of our planet. Just recently I heard for the first time that green is the color of the heart chakra, and here’s that idea again. It’s like you’re a part of the algorithms. Hmmm. Now what to do with this information?

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    • Crystal, I like how you’ve phrased it: green = gratitude for “the abundance of our planet.” Hear, hear

      Must be kismet that I wrote about heart chakras. Yes it’s green, though the Cleveland Clinic website didn’t specify which shade of green it is. 🤷‍♀️

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  9. I see green in nature around me. I don’t see as many shades as there are, and I see a few that aren’t green, but it’s my world, so it works.

    Of course I moo at cows. In fact, once, to the absolute joy of our young daughter, I mooed at a cow and it mooed back. One time in my life, but the timing was perfect.

    I like your artwork, and I applaud your use of what you found where you are. Using what you have is a wonderful thing.

    I hope you have a great week, Ally.

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    • Dan, I’m glad you can see some shades of green, because it is a beautiful color.

      THE COW MOOED BACK! That’s the most hilariously wonderful thing I’ve heard in a long time. I understand why your daughter loved it, who wouldn’t?

      My artwork was a lark and I’m a frugal person so using what I had around here was a given. It was fun to goof off with color, but I don’t see me as becoming an artist anytime soon.

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  10. I’m so proud of you on your artwork!

    As you know, I love all color. Green and its many different shades are everywhere around us. I use a lot of greens in my paintings. You can mix any shade you want. Everyone has a talent for art. They just have to put that first mark on the page (or canvas). So satisfying!

    Great blog post, as usual. Keep experimenting with your paints😊

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    • Beth, thanks Mom, glad I made you proud! 😊

      I know all about you and various shades of colors, will never forget your college art assignment spread out over our dorm room. I agree that everyone has a talent for some kind of art, just maybe not the time/courage to indulge it?

      As long as the weather cooperates I’ll continue painting outside on the deck where the light is good– and spills aren’t too big of a deal.

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    • Venus, I don’t know why Kermit’s song has stuck with me over the years, but it has. There are a few other videos of it out there, but this is the one I remember.

      Colored pencils would work for Zazzy’s art challenge. It’s all about making new colors by combining shades in new ways. You could do that with pencils.

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  12. This is a good time of the year for green lovers. I too have drab winters, so spring is long anticipated and naturally, so is getting to see green again.
    I’ll go you one better with cow spotting. I announce them to the rest of the car even when I’m the only one in the car! And I whinny at horses too. I’m sure I would snort at pigs, but I don’t recall ever passing a pig herd.
    Your art is wonderful! Go find a fine line Sharpie and connect the circles with dangling curving lines and you”ll have created a happy bunch of balloons! I’ve worked with water colors but my preferred medium by far is acrylic. I find I can make shades and shadows much easier. (And almost every time I use a shade of green I’m likely to add a small dollop of yellow to make it really stand out on the canvas.)

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    • Micheal, you’re right it’s delightful to see green after a drab winter, not that I hate grays or browns, just look forward to things perking up.

      YOU WHINNY AT HORSES! Oh that’s perfect. I’ve been known to BAA at sheep, but leave horses alone. No pig farms around here either, so I don’t know if I’d OINK or not.

      Great idea about turning my circles into balloons. I’ll try to remember to buy a fine line Sharpie, just in case I *need* to do more art projects. How it can be that we don’t have one around here is confounding, but true.

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      • I’ve been trying to remember if I’ve ever BAA’d at sheep and I’m not sure I’ve ever run across sheep. I must start paying closer attention to my surroundings!

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        • Maybe sheep don’t live near you so you’ve not seen them because of that? Around here farms occasionally have sheep and llamas, so I take advantage of the opportunity to say BAA!

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    • Matt, well said. When I *moo* I’m speaking a different language, being respectful to cows. I’m not familiar with the Pink Floyd song, I’ll look for it. Thanks for the suggestion.

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  14. I LOVE your painting! And your resourcefulness in using what you had around the house. Isn’t it so fun to play like that?

    I love the color green! I love every shade from bright neon to muddy, and I love all the fun color names.

    Living on a ranch with cattle means I moooo all the time! I love mooing at them, and sometimes they moo back! Right now we have cows and their calves in the field right by our house, and I love watching them. Cow watching! 😁 I’m very happy to hear that you moo when you see a cow!

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    • Interesting, I’m currently being drawn to green too. It must have something to do with the season. I recently bought a pale green striped duvet cover and am contemplating green tea towels as we speak. And I’ve been loving the shades on my variegated hostas.

      I love your artwork! I keep seeing watercolors every where and keep thinking I should give it a try. But seeing as I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler, I don’t think it would be my forte.

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      • Gigi, you could be right about this being the season for green, hence we’re drawn to it. I like variegated hostas too, so simple, so sophisticated, all in one leaf.

        I’m not artistically inclined, but this project seemed, and was, simple enough. The teacher on the video that Zazzy shared made it all seem so doable.

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    • Michelle G., thanks for the compliment on my artwork. When I realized I didn’t have the exact tools that I was supposed to use, I improvised. With decent results, if’n I do say so myself.

      I didn’t know you lived on a ranch, so it makes perfect sense that you’d be *mooing* often. I could groove on Cow Watching, lucky you.

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    • Michelle, for some reason I’m unable to comment on your latest blog post, nor can I find you on Threads, but I wanted to thank you for updating us about your eye procedure and the results. You’ve been through a lot and taken it in stride. Also, happy anniversary!

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      • Thank you so much for your good wishes, Ally! And thanks for letting me know you couldn’t comment! I don’t know why comments weren’t enabled, but I fixed it. As far as I know, I’m still on Threads.

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        • After I searched for you on Threads and didn’t find you, I tried again using my desktop version of it instead of my phone version… and you were there. I don’t know why Threads differs depending on which computer-y gadget I use, but it does. Sorry for the false alarm. 🤷‍♀️

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  17. Green is definitely cool and refreshing. I associate it with spring and all the leaves coming out on the plants and trees, except the evergreens which always stay a dark restful green. I like your watercolor and admire your ingenuity in using various objects to complete it. I don’t moo at cows, but I do crow at roosters. And meow at cats of course–easy since I live with one.

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    • Margaret, around here green dominates in spring and summer, then kind of hides for the other two seasons. Thanks for the compliment on my art project. It was fun to do. I rarely see a rooster, but I applaud you for crowing at one. I used to meow at our cats, too. Sometimes they answered.

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  18. Maybe that’s why “Kermy” and Miss Piggy were such a good match (even though he didn’t realize/acknowledge it): the ‘opposites attract’ principle – he blends in with the ordinary while she stands out like splashy sparkles, as you say.
    When I see cows from the car, I saw “Get along, little dogies,” especially when we’re road tripping out West.

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    • The Travel Architect, excellent observation. Their love affair was one for the ages, yet I hear it’s over now.

      “Get along little dogies” is a sensible thing to say to cows, especially western ones. I’m sure they appreciate your kind way of chatting with them.

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  19. Green is my favorite color and my soul is so happy right now because everywhere I look there are multiple shades of green!! The funny thing is only my bedroom and bathroom have I decorated with green. I prefer natural or live flora and fauna of green and since I haven’t got a green thumb bringing green in my living space is tricky. I have one live plant that I’m barely keeping alive right now. It was great for going on 5 years but, in February it got sick and I’ve been nursing it along, mostly just talking make that pleading with it daily “please don’t die, please don’t die”! I have several nice faux plants though that bring in the green that give me my green fix.

    Yes, I even say “cows” out loud when driving all by myself! 😂 I hope other people do too!

    I love your bubbles! They made me smile. Keep it going!!

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    • Deborah, I’m pleased to know you are living your happiest *green* life! I have accents of green in many rooms but none that are decorated green per se. I chat with some sickly plants, too, cheering them on to live another day. Five years is a long time for a houseplant to hang in there. I hope your positive words help it along, the poor dear.

      Yes, I point out cows to myself when I’m driving alone. It’d be wrong not to!

      I’ll bubble on, thanks for the encouragement. Doing this project was light-hearted fun.

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  20. I do like green, especially natural world green offset with blue. So, I don’t day “moo,” I say “ribbit,” which reflects my froggy French heritage and love for nature, both literal and figurative interpretations. 😊

    Except for photography, I am about as artistic as a hammer. No sewing, drawing, painting, knitting, sketching or throwing of pots (throwing of broken pots … at walls 😉) over here. I’ve made numerous attempts through the years but have finally accepted that not only am I dreadfully untalented, I really am uninterested, too. A double whammy. Have fun with your artwork; it looks good. 😊

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    • Lynette, I like green found in nature, too. Like James Taylor sang, “deep greens and blues are the colors I choose.” Saying “ribbit” is something I used to do but forgot about doing. It’s not quite as wonderful as “mooing” but certainly suggests an awareness of your surroundings. I like it.

      I’m untalented in the same ways that you mention, except for this newfound watercolor paint thing. Whether this piece of art will be a onetime deal is yet to be decided. I don’t feel drawn to the artist life, so we’ll see how much more painting I do. Still fun to try…

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  21. Love green! I don’t know why it’s not my favorite color (blue is) though truly any blueish greenish color is my jam. Green reminds me of my Irish dad, my alma mater, and my husband’s eyes. I just want to applaud you on your watercolor, taking time out to do something like that is on my to-do list!

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    • Colleen, in truth my favorite color is teal which is halfway between green and blue, so I understand your jam. Doing this art project was fun. I did it outside on a table on the deck which allowed it to dry quickly. If you get the chance to get artsy, I bet you’ll like it.

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  22. I love green…whether Pine, Thyme or Celadon! And of course, I ‘moo’ when I see cows. You can’t hail from Ohio if you don’t. Plus…my dad always added a ‘hey girls’ and try as I might, I can’t help but repeat the greeting any time I spy some moosters. xo, Ally! 🥰

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  23. I’ve used green in my home decorating since the late ’50s when it was moss green carpeting with pink roses on a white background wallpaper and of course, green rose foliage. I had to wait a long time for that shade of moss green to become popular again but my current apartment has moss green accents with my gray tones. I love spring green as well with yellows. I have never owned clothing in green through. Never will.

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    • Jean, your ’50s color scheme sounds beautiful. I don’t remember moss green carpeting, my memory is of the ’70s avocado green. I’m pleased you have some moss green accents in your current apartment, I like gray tones in all colors. The only green I wear is olive, which doesn’t look awful on me like all the other shades of green.

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  24. Love your art. Watercolors are a medium I haven’t used much but I do have some and some watercolor paper so who knows? I have accent walls in my bedroom that are green, painted so long ago I can’t remember the color. I’m curious now about inchworm so will have to go check out the Crayola site. Happy Tuesday!

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    • Janet, I don’t know a thing about artistic paints, other than a set of watercolor paints is inexpensive. Hence this project. Your green walls must please you if they’ve been around for so long! Good choice. Inchworm is a Crayola color that makes sense once you see it. Happy Week to you!

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  25. Ah, green. It’s so refreshing and has such variety. 22 Crayola versions, hey. I love green and have a fair amount of green in my house. But I’ve never used green as a main colour in a quilt. Hm..
    As to cows, yes of course I announce them! Even when I see them from a window in the house. If the Littles are with me, I announce what kind they are as well to make it an educational moment.

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    • Bernie, I agree that green is refreshing which might be why I’m so into it right now. I wonder how green would work as a main color in one of your quilts? Maybe it’s meant to be an accent color, though. I’ve no experience planning quilt color schemes.

      I like that you turn mooing into an educational experience. I know some breeds of cows because my mother used to point them out– or because farms have large signs out front explaining what kind of cow they raise.

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  26. Green is my second favorite color–second only to the color of October in New Hampshire. Green is only common in SoCal for 4 months, and then the state turns “golden” (marketing lies, it’s just a fancy way of saying “brown”). We had a road trip game when I was growing up where the first person to spot the cows could count and claim them, but said cows died if we passed a graveyard that was on your side of the road. We killed a lot of cows that way.

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  28. Yes, I like the color green, a lot. I have several shirts in various shades, one a day-glo green, another a forest green, a third in a color called “fairway.”

    I don’t recall saying anything when we saw a cow. I know, we were weird.

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    • John, green is a popular color, in all shades it would seem. I have no problem knowing what “fairway” looks like.

      No acknowledging a cow when you see one? What a revelation about you. It’s never too late to start mooing at them, you know!

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    • Jenn, I agree. I’ve been outside more this spring than usual. It’s been an exceptionally pretty one and green is everywhere I turn which probably has influenced me subconsciously, nudging me into my current green phase.

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  30. I am drawn to the colour green because it represents nature, growth, and harmony. Green symbolizes renewal, fertility, and balance. It is associated with tranquility, health, and prosperity. Green evokes in me feelings of peace, stability, and abundance.

    I love the time of year when I see the leaves turn the green of spring into the vibrancy of summer’s emerald.

    Gentle breeze whispers,
    Golden leaves dance in the wind,
    Graceful nature sings.

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  31. I can’t say I lean towards green as a color of choice, but our master bedroom is two shades of green (painted by the previous owners) and we haven’t changed it. It’s a calming and soothing color.

    When I graduated from college, I got it in my head that I wanted to take some art classes, since I was never able to while earning my business degree. I did pottery (not a fan) and oil painting (which I loved). I will never forget our teacher telling us that oil was a forgiving medium, but that watercolor was not. Hence, I’ve never tried my hand at it.

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    • Bijoux, I like green in nature and as an accent color inside the house, but we don’t have any rooms painted green. I agree it’s calming even in small amounts.

      Interesting what your art teacher said. I believe it. I’ve never done any painting other than this little foray into watercolors, and I can tell from the way they instantly blended that it’d be difficult to do anything more than an abstract painting.

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  32. I do love the color green. I’ve used the phrase “green with envy” and considered that someone’s face might turn green if they are feeling sick, but generally green to me means life and nature, what makes the world go round. I recently bought a long tank dress in “Olive Tree” (kind of a light olive color). In the past, I avoided green clothes, but a friend whose favorite colors are green and purple has shown me that green can be a cool addition to one’s wardrobe.

    I never got into the habit of mooing when I see cows because cows were ubiquitous where I grew up and I would have been mooing all. the. time.

    Your artwork reminds me of stained-glass. Keep at it 🙂

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  33. Green is my favorite color! I painted one of my walls, a shelf, and my heater green to accent my room. It’s everywhere! I will specifically note my cat’s beautiful green eyes that he bats at me when he wants food. I will now (if I remember) start mooing when I see cows; I cannot believe I have not been doing so all along.

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    • Tothemoon, I like how you’ve incorporated green into your space. I hadn’t thought about cats eyes being green, but of course they are. Yes, by all means, starting mooing at cows when you see them. It’s a most satisfyingly ridiculous thing to do.

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    • And as I was reading your comment I realized that a lot of movie names have incorporated “green” into their title: The Green Mile, Fried Green Tomatoes, Green Lantern, Anne of Green Gables (I’m sure there’s a movie with that title!), I’m sure there are lots more!

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      • EW, good point about the movie titles. I hadn’t thought of that, my report was more of a cursory look at green rather than an in-depth survey of it.

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  34. Green is my favorite color, followed closely by blue, because they are such relaxing colors. Around here, things dry out when the rain stops, so the hills turn kind of wheat colored. I love the green of the hills in the early spring, though, and if I had your lovely yard, abutted with lush trees, I would spend a lot of time out on my deck (as I assume you do, isn’t your deck recently re-done?) I love the sound of the items you purchased. The blue that I love is in the sky and the water. I don’t necessarily want to wear a lot of either blue nor green, though I sometimes do. I just love them.

    I like your art project. I get intimidated by creating art, and prefer to consider myself the all important AUDIENCE. I just came here from Zazz’s place, her art is looking great too.

    When I see cows, I do not say Moo, what if I say it wrong and I’m saying something rude to them? I think of Nance, who loves cows, and sometimes of a friend from college, whose mother loved cows as well. Mostly I want to see horses, though, and if I see them, I will tell everyone in the car. ❤

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    • J, I agree that green then blue are soooo relaxing. I wear blue but not much green. Good memory, yes we spend lots of time on our new [as of last year] deck looking into the trees behind us. Much green, always appreciated.

      Audiences are important, I understand that… although my artwork might not have the largest audience. And that’s okay by me.

      Had not considered that I might be mispronouncing MOO when I said it. You’re right I might be insulting a cow with my pronunciation. Something to consider going forward. Oddly I don’t announce horses, clearly I need to rethink my priorities.

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    • You know, I once read that because of their shorter wavelengths, green and blue ARE the most relaxing colors, and that that’s why surgeons/surgery rooms tend to use them (though if you can see the color of your surgeon’s gear/surgery room, isn’t something wrong on a whole different level? :D).

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      • EW, is that why green and blue are soothing? Fascinating to know and understand that. Makes sense those colors would show up in surgery rooms, not that I want to go into one to confirm this.

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  35. Yellow is the color I’m drawn to but not all yellows. Your watercolor reminded me of the color wheel. Watercolor is a bit too unforgiving for me but you seem to have the discipline and that’s half the battle as they say.

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    • Jan, I know how you feel about yellow, some shades I adore, other shades seem too shrill for me. I’ve only messed around with watercolors, but in my brief time using them I’d say yep, they’re unforgiving.

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  36. I love the color green. I also love the color blue. My two favorites. I am of Irish heritage and when I was growing up most of my t-shirts announced my Irish heritage. I came to find that annoying, but I do still love green. So many great shades. I love seeing it in nature – mountains, trees, grass.

    I have been on many a car trip and there is always a “Look, COWS!” as if this is a surprise occurrence in the Midwest. I like to think I’m more apt to notice and announce horses, why? I like them better. I find horses pretty and cows, not so much.

    I love art. I have framed sketches hanging in the upstairs hall of the six kids when they were babies. I would love to make some art, but I have a house to whip into shape for an upcoming grad party. What will I do to maintain my home when grad parties are no longer an event in our lives? Will the house fall to shambles? Probably.

    I love your artistic water color.

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    • Ernie, I’m of Irish heritage too and my dad used to wear bright emerald green whenever he could. Me, less so.

      Good point about seeing cows “as if this is a surprise occurrence in the Midwest.” It is not, of course, yet I persist in shouting when I see them.

      Laughing here. I understand about how parties are motivating when it comes to tidying up the house. Maybe when there are no more parties, you’ll just want to keep the place tidy for yourself! It could happen.

      I appreciate your compliment about my one, and perhaps only, attempt at watercolors.

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  37. I do like the color green. I suppose predictably, it’s my 2nd favorite color after blue.

    I haven’t moo’ed at a cow since I was a kid, but I don’t think I’ve seen a cow in that long. Maybe I need to get out more and get moo-ing…

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    • Erin, people who like green seem to also like blue. Like it’s a given. I know I’m like that.

      Mooing at cows if fun, and pointless, but makes me laugh so I do it. No cows around where you live? I can understand how the heat might be too much for them.

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      • When my parents built their house in the early 90s, we lived right next door to many dairy farms and it always smelled like cows, but I guess residential homes are more profitable than dairy cows… I think they’re all on the far outskirts of town now. Though, I never thought about it, but the heat must be awful for the poor creatures!

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        • I imagine you’re right. Selling the land to developers would make more money than being a dairy farmer. I know next to nothing about how to raise cows, but it seems like there’d have to be a point where they’d perish from the heat… although they do well in TX and FL so what do I know?

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  38. I love green for one important reason – I live in the land of white and brown for about five months, and I pine for the color green to arrive in April. Sorry about that, but I couldn’t help myself. 🙂 No, I don’t moo at cows, but I always check them out because my grandfather was a small dairy farmer so I feel close to them in nature. I applaud your art work. I took a couple of water color classes years ago, and I was terrible at it. It’s challenging so pat yourself on the back for your accomplishment. 👏👏👏

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    • Judy, by all means feel free to tell me you pine for green. Made me laugh out loud. I know that there are different breeds of cows, but might not which is which. You have a good source for knowing that information. My brief foray into watercolor painting showed me it takes a great deal of patience to mess around with them. It was fun though.

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  39. Green is definitely my favorite color (I love plants), and olive green is my best fashion color (though I detest green olives 🫒). Of course I “moo” at cows!
    My last two art efforts were: 1. painting pseudo-feathers on my latest gourd birdhouse (Mr. Wren thinks it’s spiffy, but he’s still striking out in the mate department) and 2. Relearning how to use Spiro-graph (mixed results, but getting better).

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    • Eilene, I look good in olive green, too. It’s that *blonde* thing, I think. On the other hand an olive in a martini is divine. Good person to MOO at cows. I approve.

      I remember your gourd birdhouse project. Very cool. I don’t know anything about Spiro-graph other than they were around when I was a kid. Now I’m intrigued.

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  40. I like colorful circles (like the Olympics trademark) so I like your art! I also love making do with what you have. When I buy a lot of stuff for a craft, I don’t usually follow through!

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  41. Ah, you’ve created the Venn diagram of watercolors. Sheesh, I think that description means that I’ve been too many PowerPoint presentations lately…

    What I love most is your process of substitutions and workarounds. You transformed the project by setting up your own variations!

    I like green. Probably a requirement for living in the Evergreen State. 🙂

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    • Wynne, you’re right, there is something Venn diagram-ish about my art project. The artist who explained the project never mentioned them, but I did make a Venn diagram or two.

      Yes, my workarounds are a tribute to my frugal upbringing and my natural slothiness. I didn’t want to drive a “million” miles to Target to get what I really needed so I made do.

      Yep, you better like green or they’ll kick you out of the state! 😁

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  42. I love the unique crayon names Ally. Growing up I only had the eight basic crayons in a small box. I must have gone through a lot of those eight-pack crayons as I loved to color back then. Later on there would be a carousel and you were cool if you had that fancy schmancy crayon holder.

    I remember reading years ago that hospitals were painted mostly in pale shades of green because that color had a calming effect. I have not been inside a hospital room in awhile to see if they are still that color though.

    Our kitchen was done in shades of avocado green for a long time but no avocado appliances. It is now a country kitchen in colonial blue.

    I like your picture – it reminds me of bubbles like the old “Mr. Bubble” ads. I would like to participate in Zazzy’s Challenge but down the road a little. In 2022 after meeting with a local plein air painting group, I was inspired to join the group and go out on their painting adventures. They go twice a week, frequenting many parks where I go and they just sit and paint landscapes or the scene (sometimes not parks). I wasn’t sure if I wanted to paint and they said to try sketching fist. I took a sketching class as a teenager, so I bought watercolor paints, charcoal pencils and pastel oil crayons, heavy paper and decided I would learn by books, so I ordered several books and found a woman online who teaches nature sketching. I intended to work on this skill over the Winter, then didn’t retire as planned, so now I have to clear out some clutter, then can begin to learn in earnest … maybe 2025 now.

    I do moo at cows when I am eye level with them 🙂

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    • Linda, I’d forgotten about those Crayola crayon carousels. I had 8, then 16, crayons in my box, eventually advancing to a box with 48 crayons. My parents refused to buy anything bigger than that.

      I didn’t know about painting hospital rooms green, but maybe that’s why scrubs are traditionally a color of green too?

      I remember the Mr. Bubbles ad and can understand how my artwork looks like it did. What a great memory you have! I hope you get a chance to learn more about sketching and are able to do it either on your own or with a group. Either way seems like a pleasant way to pass time. My watercolor paint project was fun, easy enough for a newbie like me to do.

      Happy to know you MOO at cows. All good people do.

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      • I can remember sitting at the kitchen table coloring with my mom and she was trying to show me to stay inside the lines like she did. I haven’t thought of that in years. I see coloring books for adults at Meijer in the checkout lane so they must still be popular. I thought it was just a fad during the pandemic.

        That makes sense that is why scrubs are green to have a calming effect on patients.

        I want to sit down when I have time for sketching and drawing. I like the plein air group and I have their 2024 schedule so I’ll try to catch up with them before they stop painting in October. The group organizer is leaving the group at the end of the season to spend more time with family, so I hope I’m still welcome as a newbie. I have to hunker down and practice first. I learned about the artist after looking around the Skillshare site – so far I’ve not signed up for tutorials, but have subscribed to her newsletter. She does mostly woodland scenes and botanical pics and her artwork is similar to Marjolein Bastin (one of Hallmark’s nature artists for ornaments and the like).

        Yes, I have mooed at cows since I was a kid. P.S. I always waved at the train conductor and caboose when I was a kid too.

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        • I see adult coloring books too, even had one that was of Mandelas. I did a few but got bored with it.

          Who knows what the painting group will be like with another organizer. Could be good, who knows?

          I used to wave to the guy on the caboose when I was a kid, too. It was great when he wave back. Simplier times.

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          • It was/is supposed to be a stress reliever and the person who came up with the idea for adult coloring books probably is sitting pretty on his/her private island now.

            I think a woman has volunteered to take over. It is a lot of work coordinating the twice-weekly events and some need special permits for the group as they go to various locales – today they are at Greenfield Village painting. He is retired from being a commercial artist and had commissions for a lot of pet portraits, then he got a gig teaching calligraphy at a local community college, so was spreading himself too thin.

            Simple is good.

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  43. I’m somewhat surprised to learn that green is the most common color in the natural world, but when we take a closer look, green makes up so much of the botanical spectrum. I would have guessed that blue was the most popular color.

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    • Pete, I understand about green being everywhere in nature, with blue a close second. As I understand it when it comes to overall popularity in all things, blue wins. Fortunately I like both colors!

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  45. I love this post. It makes me happy. Your art work also makes me happy.

    My dad always said he liked any color as long as it was green. (He was half Irish.) I’m so ordinary. Like most people, blue is my favorite, green is #2. But really, my favorite color is turquoise or aqua, and all those beautiful shades between blue and green. I also love all the other colors. Isn’t color wonderful!

    Your comment about the cows, reminded me about how much I enjoyed taking my little girls on a wagon ride so we could past the cows and I could say, “cow!”

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    • Nicki, yes color is wonderful and freeing. I’m laughing at your dad’s comment, sounds like something mine would have said, too. I like teal best of all colors so, like you with turquoise*, I’m hedging my bets between green and blue.

      Saying something about cows when you see cows seems so normal to me. I don’t know how you couldn’t.

      * The Anthropology of Turquoise by Ellen Meloy is an interesting memoir filled with her ruminations on & facts about turquoise. I enjoyed the book enough to keep a copy on the shelf.

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  46. Green is my favorite color! It makes my blue eyes brighter and it looks good on me. I never thought that way until someone I worked with told me that.
    I too announce “cows!” When I see them while driving. Saturday it was “where are the cows?” Because we passed by a farm where we always see them.
    Your art reminded me to go to the crafts store for watercolors. I have a book to open up my creativity and I have to beef up my art supplies!

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    • Nancy, I never thought of green clothing as brightening blue eyes, but now that you mention it I get it. What a wonderful insight. I have blues eyes so maybe I should wear more green?

      No cows where there should be cows? The horror! 😉

      I admit that my artistic attempt here may be a one-off but it was fun. Hope your art projects are fun, too.

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  47. I hate to disappoint you Ally, but I always say “Cow!” instead of “MOO” when I see cows. However, just the other day, my daughter and I drove past some cows and she had me slow to a crawl and roll down the window so she could moo at them.

    Green is one of my all-time favorite colors. It makes me think of words like growth and abundance and contentedness. I gravitate toward it in clothing and have a green striped dress that I LOVE and have been wearing a lot this summer so far.

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    • Suzanne, obviously your daughter has it going on with her MOO! I like this girl.

      I envision green in the same way as you. It’s been odd, in a good way, how I’ve been drawn to it lately maybe as an antidote to the madness going on in our country. Your dress sounds pretty, I like stripes.

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  48. I like your artwork! I am not an artist at all, I have kind of poor spatial/ visual abilities, so I like to see what others create.

    Love the colour green! Everything is so green right now – it just feels so fresh. And of course I love Kermit.

    I see cows and horses every single day when I go walking, and I don’t always say to Rex “it’s a cow/ horse” but I think it.

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    • Nicole, thanks for the compliment about the artwork. It was fun to try this but I can understand how with your limitations it’d be darned tricky.

      Yes, yes, I’m into green because like you said, it feels fresh. Good woman to at least acknowledge to yourself that you and Rex are seeing cows and horses. And what does Rex say about cows and horses?

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  49. I did that exact art project with my preschoolers for an art show one year. Even 4year olds can be successful with it, lol. Also, I did some gig work once with a decorator/designer and I had to advice clients on the shade of green candles that would be best for their needs. Outwardly I was describing the merits of forest green, jade green, green grape, aloe green, lemongrass green, holly green, moss green, etc. But, inwardly I was thinking Seriously? Who the #### cares? Also, Moo, yes.

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    • Gwen, my artistic abilities are definitely on par with 4 y.o. kids. I’m sure of that. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. 😁

      Those names of shades of green are lovely, but I take your point that maybe some color explanations are without merit. I’d be thinking the same thing that you did.

      Mooing is important. I’m glad you do it, too.

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  50. I still moo at the cows. They still ignore me. That’s okay though, I think we all get what we need out of it.

    I never really liked green, possibly because I look hideously ill if I wear it. I, in fact, had a very cute green sweater that my mom had knit which I wore when I wanted to get out of school. But lately, I have come to appreciate it more. In nature, it’s kind of the background to everything else. Plus I found a sage green that I can wear.

    I love your circles. I’m finding it fun at how each of us, so far, has found their own interpretation of it.

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    • Zazzy, ha! Your assessment of your interactions with cows is spot on. [No pun intended.]

      You intentionally wore a green sweater to make your mother think you were ill? That’s delightful and such a wonderful insight into how clever you were. I don’t wear much green, usually olive, but I might be able to rock sage. 🤔

      I find the interpretations fascinating too. So it goes with art, everyone gets a different message.

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  51. I prefer blue to green, but I love certain shades of green, Ally. Not sure what it is about cows and why they periodically get a resurgence in art and our consciousness. And your artwork is grand. ;0)

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    • Pam, I’m the same way about green, some shades turn me off. You’re right about cows, lately they’re popular again. I appreciate your compliment about the artwork. It was fun to do.

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  52. What kind of monster would not MOO when seeing a cow or two?

    I love green. I see it daily with my green eyes! 👀 I have splashes of green around the inside of our house, but there’s a ton of it outside in my gardens. Also, I love wearing green!

    I think you did a jam up great job on your artwork my friend!

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    • Suz, thank you for the compliment. Considering my lack of artistic pretensions, I’m rather pleased with my picture too.

      I’m glad you understand about how one must MOO when you see cows.

      I didn’t realize your eyes were green. That’s cool and in my experience unusual. Like you I have splashes of green around the inside of the house, but outside green is seasonal.

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  53. I do like the color green! And when I pay attention, I see it everywhere…even here in the desert.

    I have not been *MOO*ing when I see a cow; however, I intend to start with the very next cow I see.

    I do like your artwork. I am not an artist either, but I did buy a big box of nice markers and some art paper to give doodling a try. It didn’t last, but I’m glad I tried.

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    • Christie, I know that the little time I’ve been in the desert that there is green. Just gotta look for it.

      Please MOO at cows, it’s oddly satisfying. You won’t regret it.

      I’ve never thought about buying markers and then doodling, but I can see how that’d be fun… for a while. I’m with you I’m glad I tried painting, no harm, no foul.

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  54. Moo cows! That’s what we used to say whenever we saw them in a field. Moo cows! But I also moo at them because otherwise they wouldn’t know I was speaking to them.

    Green is my favorite color. It’s why I painted my front door Paradise Green. 💚

    I love Zazzy’s blog. Thank you for giving me another blog to read. (And I love your artwork. 😘)

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    • Kari, you’re right, it’s one thing to notice cows and another thing to speak to them in the own language!

      I adore your front door, the name of the color is perfect. Who doesn’t want to think of paradise when you’re at home?

      Zazzy has been blogging the longest of any of us. She has many a good idea.

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  55. I do like some greens, especially the ones that have more blue in them. The ones that have more yellow in them are less appealing. Crayola’s “inchworm” is a great name for a shade of green! It’s fun to read the names of colors on paint chips, a virtual thesaurus for writing about color. 🙂

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    • Barbara, Inchworm, the name then the shade, caught my attention. Rather bright, don’t you think? I like the names on paint chips too, many make sense but a few are wacky even when the color is beautiful.

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  56. I love green. It used to be my favorite color; after moving from California to the PNW, it was everywhere – in sharp contrast to the dry, brown Golden State landscape. I found that refreshing. South Dakota wasn’t very green either, but Wisconsin certainly is. It’s a color I’m still drawn to apparently!

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    • Mark, I can imagine how different and green the PNW looked to you after living in California. I know that when I’ve visited Wisconsin it was green, many shades of green even. Yep, I’d say you like green and have found your place among it.

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  57. I do moo at cows and it’s ridiculous because there are four sets of cows between my house and my job and I act like I’ve never seen a cow EVERY TIME. My boss’s favorite color is green and it makes me laugh how green her office is.

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    • NGS, it’s funny that you’re so dedicated to mooing at cows that you make a point to include all the cows you see. I’m sure they appreciate it.

      I don’t think I’d like to see as much green as your boss’s office but as an accent color it is refreshing to my eyes.

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  58. Love your masterpiece! 😊 I consider my crocheted pillows my “art.”

    I like green. I see tons of it outside of my window, thanks to nearby trees and a big patch of grass.

    I don’t moo when I see cows, but I do announce to the rest of the car that I saw cows. 😊

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    • L. Marie, your crocheted pillows are definitely art way beyond what I made her.

      I don’t know why green is calling to me this month, but it is. I’m glad you acknowledge that you see cows. It’s important to share that info with everyone around you.

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  59. I love green. In my last apartment, I painted the living and dining rooms in a Martha Stewart green whose name I can’t remember now, and a cream-ish color that was called vanilla. I loved it, and would do it again, except my new apartment already was a nice dove gray and white, and I’ve grown rather fond of it. Of course, I get a good bit of my green fix in nature these days, and in spring I love every single variation of the color. There have to be at least a couple of hundred shades.

    I’ve always thought the proper name for cows was Moo-Cow, and I have been known to moo at them. I’ll talk to them, too — and more often than not I’ll stop to take their photo. I especially love the calves, and if they’re in flowers, like this, I’m just undone with admiration.

    The very best thing about your art? First you created the lines, and then you didn’t feel compelled to stay within them. It’s the best of two worlds!

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    • Linda, your former color palettes sounds pleasing, but I also like gray & white on the walls. I’m sure you do see lots of shades of green when you’re out exploring in nature. You can get your green fix that way.

      Moo-Cow is a good way to reference cows. I can go for that. I’m glad you MOO at them from time to time. The photo is delightful.

      Your assessment of my art describes me. I know the rules, the expectations, but then do my own thing sometimes following them, sometimes in spite of them. 😉

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  60. Do you like the color green? YES Where do you see green in your life? My kitchen walls, my bedroom, and plants throughout the house. Do you see it literally and/or do you use the word figuratively? Green with envy and as a lucky charm. 🍀

    Do you *MOO* when you see a cow thereby announcing its existence? If not, what’s wrong with you? LOL – I live in WI…cows are everywhere so I have refrained from excessively Mooing.

    Considering I’m not an artist by training or inclination, how do you like my artwork? I love it, it’s creative and your modification of the tools impressive. Are you willing to try to create some art, just to see what happens when you try? Yes…I should do that again soon, thanks for the inspiration!

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    • Shelley, you’ve got a lot of green going on. It’s interesting how the color is used in sayings that mean something not so good [envy] or something really good [luck]. Talk about a versatile color!

      I take your point about how you could MOO too much, considering where you live. 😉

      Thanks for the compliment on my masterpiece. It was fun to do this project, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I wish you well if you decide to get arty, too.

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  61. Your green vibes made me laugh, as did the cow (I too announce the presence of animals outside of the car to anyone inside the car) thanks Ally ☺️

    I’ve been seeing a lot of green clothes lately, it seems to be the fashion colour of the moment. I notice it most myself in nature, where it seems like the variety of shades are never-ending.

    I applaud your art effort, it’s so hard to make the time to sit down & do something creatively outside your comfort zone. I don’t do art often but went on a little painting course earlier in the year which was fun, first time I’d painted since high school.

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    • Rae, obviously you are a wise and observant woman to notice the animals then alert the passengers in the car. Well done.

      I’ve seen more green clothes, too. I like it better to look at than to wear.

      I’m not by nature someone who wants to paint, but this challenge seemed doable and didn’t cost much to try. I bet your painting course was fun.

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  62. Green is Mother Nature, and she is spectacular, particularly now in summer. I mean, WOWSIE! Green surrounds us here in our abode, and my mood is ten times higher than the gray and white of summer. My eyes are green, and my mom’s were, and my son’s are. When I was younger I wore green contact lenses, so my gaze was, um, rather startingly green. But one time when I was yelling at my son (not that I ever yelled, mind you, but telling him off), he said I was a ‘green-eyed monster.’ Soon after, I wore clear contacts so my eyes are more soft moss green.

    Green is a highlight color, I wouldn’t wear “all green,” for instance, while I would wear all blue. Not sure what the difference is. Kermit would NOT be Kermit if he wasn’t green, so obviously it’s an essential color.

    Lastly, ’cause this is too long, of COURSE I moo when I come across a cow. And he or she always moos back. Very friendly, they are.

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    • Pam, that’s a wonderful story about being a person with green eyes. I never thought about how the intensity of colored contacts could be too much. I had blue ones at one point, I wonder if I was too much?

      I adore Kermit, so I take his all green-ness, even if he has doubts about it, as a good thing.

      Good woman. Mooing is vital to establishing a cow to human connection, albeit for a moment in time but still…

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  63. Great masterpiece! I want to see the drapes with the vertical vine pattern. I love vines. Green is Hubby’s favorite color. Mine is blue. We debated the merits of each since before we were dating. 😛 Definitely on the cows while driving. Whoever spots them first says, “Cows are mine!” Once we spotted something random, llamas, I think it was. Hubby said, “Llamas are mind! New game!” 😛

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  64. Love your artwork! That’s a fun idea to create something just because – I’m not much of a creative person when it comes to art/drawing/painting, so I always get frustrated by my lack of skill when I attempt to do so!

    I don’t moo when I see cows, but I do gasp, “Cow!” 😉

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    • Stephany, I’m not much of an art person either, but when Zazzy, the longest blogger I know, asked I decided I could try this. I like that you say Moo which might be as good as mooing, depending on your personality and where you are! Cows bring out the best in all of us!

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  65. I do like the color green, I am particularly pulled towards a lighter, muted green (sage) lately. Does that mean anything specific if you like the muted or bright version?

    I love your art work. You might think it looks simple but I think there is value in just “creating”. We used to do this all the time as kids.

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    • San, I don’t know if it means something different if you like muted versus brighter shades of green. I like sage, too. I’ll wear it but never emerald green.

      I agree that there is value in creating something, the act of creating teaches you as much, maybe more, than what you make.

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  66. We have a framed chakra chart up on one of our walls, and sure enough I can verify that the heart chakra is indeed green. I wasn’t doubting you, but it was just fun to verify! I think I’m more inclined to figuratively like green, mainly because like James Taylor, I’m more a “deep green and blues” kind of guy. But green is a cool color. I don’t always “moo” when I see a cow. I should work on that. – Marty

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    • Marty, I’ve seen some pretty, pretty chakra charts and am pleased to know you’ve confirmed that the information from the Cleveland Clinic is accurate. I like that line from James Taylor too: “deep greens and blues are the colors I choose… rock-a-bye sweet baby James.” I encourage you to up your MOO game, cows love it.

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  67. Ally, I was so intrigued by your blog title as in a recent plant talk, one comment made was, “Yes, green is a color.” My summer research project is about Florida plants, and apparently our Zone of planting in Florida is not know for having a lot of colorful flowers or plants. That’s tropical and we are sub-tropical, meaning tropical (colorful) plants might not survive our winter temps. I though the comment about green being a color was funny.

    Anyway, I’m glad you got to a Chakra comment about green in your post. Sometimes I think we are attracted to things we need – so perhaps your heart chakra is in need of some opening/balancing? Personally, I’ve been attracted to yellow recently – new nail polish in yellow, digging out yellow t-shirts.

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    • Pat, FL is a long state. I realize there are different plant zones there and hope you don’t have your heart set on bright colorful plants year-round. Sounds like it isn’t going to happen. Still learning about them in your research might be interesting.

      You’re right, by acknowledging that I’m drawn to green lately I’m also saying to myself: you need to be more balanced… and you could use some variety… and get that heart open now! I went through a yellow phase a few years ago, I bet your nail polish is cheerful!

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  68. “Keeping your heart chakra open is important if you’re to maintain balance.” Truer words never spoken, and I like that the heart chakra is associated with green. I grew up in The Evergreen State, so I think I’m partial to green. When I was 14, my parents took us on a road trip to California. I fell asleep somewhere in Oregon, where it was still green, and woke up to dirt hills and no trees! I’d never seen such landscapes before (I didn’t get out much), and it felt so wrong. I don’t think I could ever be happy in a place that doesn’t have a lot of green. (Sorry to be so late. June has been…weird.)

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    • Rita, your childhood car trip experience made me smile. I can imagine it happening and how WEIRD California would have looked to you. I, too, like to be surrounded by green, at least most of the year here. Just happy to see your comment, I don’t keep attendance here. Comment if and when you want, but please know you’re always appreciated.

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  70. Ally, I’d never really considered the colour green for a house and garden until lockdown when everyone decided to paint their fences green, including us! A bit of the Mediterranean for those landlocked. The lighter sage green for us although last weekend helped my son paint a feature wall in his new house ‘estate green’ – actually looks terrific!

    Haha! Oh yes, one always has to say ‘moo’ to a cow! 😀😀 hugs, Annika xx ❤️

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    • Annika, that’s interesting about the connection to the pandemic and the color green. I never thought about that. No green fences around here, but I like the idea. I know that I’ve seen photos of home interiors with green walls, either muted or bright, and they looked inviting.

      Happy to know you MOO to cows, it’s important that they know we care. 😉

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  71. Ally, I’m a “MOO-er” from way back. Whenever I see a cow, I start forming the word almost immediately. It means “hello” in cow language, or so I am told. I found your “greening” really interesting, because I think I have “color spells” where something grabs my attention and the next several things I need or want mysteriously take on that hue as well. Green is a great color to settle on for any length of time. I also think that hosta considers you a great host for it. Cute shot!

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    • Bruce, MOO says “hello” in cow language! I’m loving that. Color spells is a great way to explain an unanticipated need to have a certain color in your life. That definitely happens to me. The hosta is a go-getter growing where it does, trying to be invisible to the hungry rabbits while charming me with its good looks.

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  72. I’m partial to green, especially in the dining room and have a sizeable collection of green crockery & glassware. My grandmother, who was hugely superstitious, insisted she couldn’t sleep in the bedroom my mother re-decorated for her because it was green. I don’t know if my mother was making some sort of point (from what I have recently learned of her) or whether it came as a surprise to her.

    I moo at cows, but not when in a field in case they come close. They’re big and scary creatures and can do you serious harm when on the rampage. But, having grandchildren, I tend to make all kinds of appropriate animal noises when I see them 😉

    What a fun art project, I did mean to do something with my photography, but maybe I need to put aside my ego and give it a try.

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    • Deb, green crockery & glassware would be lovely. Now that I think about it I realize we have some Spanish green drinking glasses that we occasionally use. Why was green superstitious to your grandmother? That’s an unfamiliar idea for me.

      I need to branch out and do more animal sounds, not that I see farm animals often, but when I do I’ll follow your lead. Good luck with your photo project. I enjoyed doing Zazzy’s project. My ego wasn’t attached to the results, so it was easy.

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      • I have no idea where that superstition came from Ally, but both she and my grandfather were very superstitious in their later years. It especially made no sense to me as she was half Irish.

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  74. “Art for a lark” – exactly what art should be – fun and joyful (There are plenty of “message” artists out there – Right now, just not interested in those.

    I am also in a “green” mood. Always thought it represented growth, positive progress, and encouragement. Nuturing. Hunter green/Williamsburg green is my favorite. It seems so calming and grounding. Who can forget all those avocado kitchens? Or the wacky bright acid green (often paired with blues/turquoise – which was a big no-no for fashion until the outrageous ’60’s)

    Always like Kermit. And at as it happens. Free art! Let it be free!

    (and yes, always moo. It’s polite.)

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    • Philmouse, I like that saying about art, this was definitely a lark.

      Another green aficionado. There are a few of us here, leaning into the good vibes that green can represent, not being envious. I remember avocado kitchen appliances vividly. I don’t remember much about acid green, though. Just as well, I’m more of a muted color person.

      I agree about being polite toward cows, wouldn’t want to get on their wrong side.

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  76. Luanne, I’d forgotten about Elphaba and she is a wonderful green character. Green baby toys! Of course those exist in all their cuteness. Interesting how you’re drawn to them.

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  77. Hi Ally, Living on our island, I am surrounded by many shades of green (and blue. of course😀) Coincidentally, I took a photo yesterday of a crack in our driveway. A beautiful, pink flower growing there all by itself. You share fascinating information about the colour green. I know I will look at my surroundings differently today. Re: my artwork – in Pictionary, my chicken looks the same as a horse. Have a good Sunday, Funday, Ally.💕Erica

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    • Erica/Erika, I can imagine how green it is where you live. I’d like that, especially now that I’m in my green phase. I’m liking your pink flower, it’s got spunk and I appreciate that. I take your point about Pictionary drawings. I’m not an artist either, but for Zazzy I thought I’d try and then share my masterpiece with the world. Happy Sunday to you, too. 😎

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  78. I am thrilled you have joined in with Zazzy’s art project, Ally.
    Watercolours are quick and easy to get a good result.
    Now I’m pondering my cognitive decline as I don’t moo when I see a cow. But if one moos at me, I’ll reciprocate. Lol.
    Looking forward to seeing more artworks and more green.

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    • Amanda, I enjoyed goofing off with the watercolors. Something entirely outside my normal realm. I MOO at cows, but don’t see them often enough to make it a burden to speak to them.

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  79. My best friend has red hair and will not wear anything other than green!!!!!! She’s been my best frined since kindergarten so over the years I have learned to despise green, just for clothes though. LOL
    But she does and always have looked fabulous in green.

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