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The Colors of Cowardice and Blue
The color green predates shakespeare, who referred to the green eyed monster in othello and green eyed jealousy in the merchant of venice. The earliest yellow term meaning cowardly was yellow bellied, after birds that literally have a yellow belly,. So those are some possibilities, but i'm really not sure about the true origin for that one. I don't have as much information about blue meaning sad, but i can tell you it goes all the way back to 13 85 and chaucer.
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