A History of Green: Chapter 2

As more people were born into the world, more people wanted to express themselves in the world. These people often became artists who used many colours, including green. Lets take a look at green in ancient times.

Ancient Middle East: Warqu was the Ancient Akkadian word for Yellow and Green, even though green was barely used compared to brown, blue, and yellow. When writing was invented, it was much easier to spread news of artworks, which led to a larger demand for art. More demand equals more product being made, which meant artists would use as many colours as possible.

Ancient Greeks: Chloros was the Ancient Greek word for green. The Greeks loved art much more than anyone else at the time, which meant green was finally getting a bit of a spotlight. In Ancient Greece, green symbolised the sea. The greeks also invented one of the first artificial pigments, which was verdigris, a turquoise colour that grew on copper, brass or bronze, when they rust.

This was the second blog in my History of Green blog, hope you liked it.