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9	->''"I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green."''
10	-->-- '''Creator/VincentVanGogh''' on "The Night Cafe"
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12	Similarly to [[RedIndexBlueIndex red and blue]], there's just something about [[RedGreenContrast red and green]] that catches most people's attention. Red and green traffic lights, red and green {{Christmas\| Tropes}} colors, redheads with green eyes, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]], etc. In much of the world, this ''is'' also red and blue, particularly where UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue.
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14	This contrast is {{averted}} in the 1 out of 8 men and 1 out of 200 women who are red-green [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-green_colorblind colorblind]], and neither color is distinguishable from [[TheYellowIndex yellow]] either.
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16	Red (or similar orange) and green are popular colors to contrast on national flags, often alongside neutral colors (such as [[TropesInWhite white]] or [[TropesInBlack black]]) or with in-between color [[TheYellowIndex yellow]].
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18	Yellow is, in fact, the color created when red and green are combined in the light-based RGB color space. But if you try to combine red and green paints, you get [[ThisIndexIsBrown brown]].
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20	No relation to ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' or ''Anime/GreenVsRed''. For other color pairings, see ColorContrast.
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22	[[index]]
23	!!Categories
24	+ TheYellowIndex
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26	!!Tropes
27	* ColorblindConfusion: When red/green colorblindness comes into play.
28	* HealthyGreenHarmfulRed: Green is used to represent full health, while red is used to represent low health.
29	* OnceGreenMars: Mars depicted as having life in the past but not in the present.
30	* RedGreenContrast: A popular ColorContrast between green and red.
31	* RedheadInGreen: A character with red hair wearing green clothes.
32	* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: When an important character has green eyes and red hair that is meant to make them stand out.
33	[[/index]]

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