Originally Posted by Jan in VA
The green is a "muddy neutral." The theory is that it's muddiness is a foil for the other colors, makiing them brighter.
Mary Ellen Hopkins always used to say that "every quilt needs muddies."
Oh-oh, sounds like the quilt police !! I don't think I have any muddies in any of my quilts, guess I will be going to the Big House for a long time!