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General Knowledge · Question

When someone is inexperienced they are said to be what color?

Answer

Green

The story behind the answer

Green is correct because in English “green” often means unripe or unseasoned—just like green fruit that isn’t ready to eat or “green wood” that hasn’t dried. From this idea, a “green recruit” is new and inexperienced. The term “greenhorn,” popular in 19th‑century American frontier slang, reinforced the meaning: a newcomer who hasn’t yet

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