Green evil eye

Balance and success — the shade most often given as a gift for a new venture.

What it means

Green is the eye of things that grow: businesses, gardens, savings, families. It borrows its meaning from every green thing that needs protecting while it is still fragile — a seedling is easiest to kill, and so is a new venture. The green eye guards the interval between starting something and that something being able to survive on its own.

When to wear it

Wear green through the vulnerable early phase of anything: the first year of a business, a pregnancy, a course of study, a recovery. It is the patient shade — where red pushes, green tends. People whose goals are measured in years rather than weeks tend to be green-eye people.

As a gift

The launch gift. For a friend opening a shop, signing a lease, planting an orchard or starting a family, green is the precise shade — it wishes growth and guards it at the same time.

Metals and pairing

Natural with gold — the money pairing — and with olive-toned skin. Green glass with a thin gold frame is the standard 'new business' charm in Levantine shops.