In Part 1, I shared how my green month began – full of intention, creativity, and immersion, but also accompanied by low energy and an unexpected need for rest.
In this second part, I want to focus on how green showed up physically, symbolically, and emotionally – and why it ultimately confirmed something I had always felt: green is my home color.
Being Sick in a “Healing” Color
Midway through the month, I got sick and spent almost an entire week in bed. I felt disappointed, especially because I had so many beautiful green pieces I wanted to wear. But clearly, my body needed rest.
Interestingly, this happened during the green month – a color so often associated with healing. When I went to the doctor and came home with three or four different medications, I couldn’t help but smile: almost all of the medicine boxes were green. A small but funny detail that felt very on theme.
Maybe green didn’t heal me in an active way, but it supported me in resting without resistance. Even while sick, I felt good in my green pajamas.
Falling Even Deeper in Love with Green
Despite everything, my love for green only grew stronger. I honestly couldn’t decide which shade I loved most. It made me happy to know that I wouldn’t have to wait longer than six months to wear green again.
If I had to choose just one color to wear forever, it would be green. Its spectrum is enormous – yellowish greens, bluish greens, olive tones, earthy greens, grey-greens. No other color offers this range. Green feels more nuanced than any other color, because evolution has tuned our eyes and brain to perceive it with exceptional precision. Our visual system is optimized for it.
Nature, Symbols, and Small Green Moments
Spring arrived, and just as I moved from gray to green, nature did the same. Trees began to leaf out, young green appeared everywhere, and the landscape slowly woke up. It felt deeply symbolic, as if my color choice aligned perfectly with the season.
At the beginning of the month, I bought green tulip buds. They looked as though they might turn yellow once they opened – but they never did. They stayed green and eventually wilted without opening. Green buds in a green month that never opened. Somehow, that felt meaningful.
Green also appeared in small, everyday details: green soap, green pajamas, green bed linen, green mugs. Food was easy too — I love vegetables and leafy greens, so green naturally found its way onto my plate.
Compliments and Confirmation
I received many compliments while wearing green – more than with almost any other color. Only red had ever brought me a similar reaction.
Still, green felt completely different. Wearing it from head to toe never felt uncomfortable or “too much.” With red, full immersion often felt challenging. With green, it felt natural. Normal. Right.
Maybe at times I felt a little frog-like – but in a good way.
Closing the Green Month with a Color Walk
On the last day of April, I closed the green month with a Color Walk. I took my green Pantone swatches with me and focused exclusively on finding green objects to photograph.
It was a quiet, mindful way to end the month – attentive, slow, and deeply satisfying.
Final Thoughts on Green
Green didn’t challenge me.
Green didn’t push me.
Green held me.
It allowed rest, confirmed familiarity, and reminded me what it feels like to be at home in a color. Even illness didn’t feel contradictory – it felt supported.
I will continue wearing green. It is my comfort color, my grounding color, and perhaps the one color I would never want to give up.
Read Part 1 here:
Wearing Green for a Month – My Personal Insights and Reflections (Part 1)
If you’d like to read about my other color experiences, you can find them here:
Black, Red, Violet, Blue, Gray
More colors are still to come – one month at a time.
