green

[xlaurax]

why is green an unlucky colour

[felinechums]

Is it? Who says?

[naz_nomad]

so what colour is a four-leaf clover then?

[Octavius]

Green is an unlucky colour in Celtic mythology and on stage (theatre) apparently.

[Octavius]

....and marriage it would seem.....

"Married in white, you have chosen right.
Married in green, ashamed to be seen.
Married in grey, you'll go far away.
Married in red, you'll wish yourself dead.
Married in blue, your love will be true.
Married in yellow, You're ashamed of your fellow.
Married in black, you'll wish yourself back.
Married in pink, your spirits will sink.
Married in brown, you'll live out of town.
Married in pearl and you'll live in a whirl."

Not sure why though, in the Middle Ages, green represented evil or demonic beings (including dragons) and sometimes love. Maybe from there.

[lloydbeckis]

Thought it was just green cars that were unlucky ? ? ?

[noxlumos]

In Celtic mythology it's viewed as the colour of the bean si, banshees and fairly folk's colour and so if you have it, wear it etc then it designates you as belonging to them which was considered to be unlucky as they'd take you and you'd not be seen again.

[crete]

its unlucky to wear green to a wedding - _ my aunt said so

[RATTER15]

I'm going to a wedding on Monday, so Auntie says no green, thanks Crete!!

[nev2u]

Green is generally used in hospitals. Curtains, surgeons gowns, etc..
BTW.. Green is supposed to be an auspicious colour for the Muslims. I guess that may make it unlucky for others.

[NapoleonSolo]

My Dad was made to wear a Green uniform in 1940, shortly after that people started to try to kill him!

[johnbjohn]

Whoever said that green was unlucky was colour blind

[crete]

green with envy !

[m123f]

Look at grass and all green nature the source of our life. Saying things are unlucky is one of the worst human habits.