Let Green Grow on You

Green, like the fertile soil, has long been associated with a balanced, nurturing and supportive world. That makes green very popular today, as we embrace anything having to do with renewal, life, vitality, youth and freshness. A combination of yellow and blue, green is known as the spectrum’s most healing color. It encourages active listening within yourself so that you can discover what you need to make you feel comfortable and make others feel closer to you.

Choose your favorite green color from the chips below and use it in a dramatic way, such as on a wall, bedspread, couch or chair. Subconsciously it will relax you. Saying "go" to green will enhance your self-image and encourage your most passionate pursuits.


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What if you hate green? Be brave. Consider using your least favorite green below on an accessory pillow or knickknack. Or combine it with a shade you like. You’ll be amazed that what was once so unappealing is now emotionally soothing and is a way to strengthen your inner voice with color.

Take the Green Quiz

Select your favorite and least favorite green shades below from the Dewey Color System, a validated color-based personality test, to harness the nurturing, supportive nature of green.

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Color guru Dewey Sadka is the author of The Dewey Color System: Choose Your Colors, Change Your Life. He has created a patented system that is the first validated color personality system in the world. Visit him at deweycolorsystem.com.

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