Celebrating Green: As Color, As Concept, As Cause : NPR

Celebrating Green: As Color, As Concept, As Cause : NPR

Spring is far enough along in parts of the country that it seems appropriate to talk about the color of the season: green. It's a color that has come to take on many meanings — envy, ecology, money and more. A new exhibition at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., celebrates green's symbolism. The show is called Green: The Color and The Cause.

n New Jersey, artist Nancy Cohen explored ecological green in the state's waterways. She traveled along the Mullica River, on foot and by boat, and "spent some time meeting with marine biologists and environmentalists," Cohen says. "The water is a brownish color because cedar trees leach into the water, and even though the water's clean, it has a kind of tea color. As the river progresses and moves toward the ocean, it becomes bluer and bluer."

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