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The article looks pretty decent now. I was wondering what improvement is needed for this article (currently GA) to pass FAC. Any input is appreciated. --BorgQueen (talk) 13:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I am also a big contributor to this article and am curious if anyone can see anything we might have missed. Wrad (talk) 00:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey Wrad. I want to point out that you missed Lebanon in the map of countries with green flags. the Flag of Lebanon clearly displays a green cedar (which is a national tree and not an islamic symbol). CG (talk) 10:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Gotcha. Thanks. Wrad (talk) 17:16, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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(First I should say that I'm no expert on colour but) I've had a read through and actually was a little surprised by what wasn't in there. I'd assume an article on something as basic as the colour green would have to try to explain it to someone who had never seen green before (blind person, alien etc) and I'm not sure it does this particularly well.

• Could we have some kind of diagram of colours, graph etc with the region commonly described as 'green' highlighted? This would be fairly easy for monochromatic light and there are various 2D RGB plots that could also be used.

• Sure. Wrad (talk) 20:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• You say 'The perception of green is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nm', is it possible to say (simply) how much energy at other visible wavelengths you can have before it is no longer regarded as being green? Or would this vary too much from person to person?

• It varies too much to pin it down the way you're asking. Wrad (talk) 20:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• How well do other animals' eyes see green? Are their cones centred at the same frequency as ours? Do any see only in shades of green?

• Good question. Wrad (talk) 20:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• What is it that actually makes the green cones in our eyes react to green and not some other colour? Presumably some particular reaction?

• Another good question. Wrad (talk) 20:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Why are the green minerals green?
• Why are the green fireworks green, what are the chemical reactions causing this? Can anything be said about the types of reaction that tend to cause green light?
• Why is chlorophyll green ie is there a particular reason it doesn't absorb in the green part of the spectrum? I would naively have assumed that plants might have evolved to absorb well in all parts of the spectrum if it helped them get more energy from the sun.
• 'Green is restful to the eye. Studies show that a green environment can reduce fatigue' - I think you need to explain this better. Is this body fatigue or eye fatigue (when your eyes feel 'tired'). Presumably putting someone in a green room doesn't make them less tired than they were before. What is the comparison with, a white environment? JMiall₰ 20:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Our weakest section is the sciences section. We just haven't had a science expert work on it yet. We need a section describing how green is "created" at the atomic level. That would answer a lot of your questions. Wrad (talk) 20:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)