It's not easy being green

I was thinking about "green" and the being of it.  I always imagined it as a dark color, but today I realized being green (as in NEW) is like the leaves in spring as they first appear, very light.  Then they get darker as they mature and grow.  Some people are so green, they are almost yellow.  I might be new here in Yosemite, but I think all my life experiences qualify me as some deeper shade, maybe like a hunter green, on my way to becoming a forest green...