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