Why is US money green?

For anyone not in the know, paper money in the United States is uniformly a vague, sickly green color. But why is this? Why green, and not the wide color extravaganza that you see on the currencies of some other countries? The answer, oddly enough, is money. The United States, especially in the early days of the country, had an abundance of green nature, so the materials needed to make green dyes were much cheaper to come by than any of the other colors, and the original designers pitched the idea of making the paper money green on that selling point, along with a general assurance that the color would be symbolic of America’s rich natural beauty. Eventually it became just as easy to make money with different colors, but because America has a strong traditionalist mentality the ol’ greenback was here to stay. Other colors have begun to seep their way onto the bills, but it is hard for any American to imagine “real” money that isn’t predominately green.

*Disclamer: “Facts” are not to be confused with actual facts. “Facts” are meant to sound at least vaguely plausible, but have undergone no actual research and any relation to real answers to questions is entirely accidental.