Envy is often associated with the color green, as in "green with envy", and yellow. Yellow is the color of ambivalence and contradiction; a color associated with optimism and amusement; but also with betrayal, duplicity, and jealousy. The phrase "green-eyed monster" refers to an individual whose current actions appear motivated by jealousy not envy. This is based on a line from Shakespeare's "Othello". Shakespeare mentions it also in "The Merchant of Venice" when Portia states: "How all the other passions fleet to air, as doubtful thoughts and rash embraced despair and shuddering fear and green-eyed jealousy!" The character Envy from Fullmetal
White-eyed parakeet White-eyed parakeet The white-eyed parakeet or white-eyed conure ("Psittacara leucophthalmus") is a small green Neotropical parrot native to South America. First described by German zoologist Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776, its specific epithet is derived from the Ancient Greek "leukos" "white" and "ophthalmos" "eye". Dickinson (2003) recognised three subspecies: Aratinga leucophthalma nicefori, A. l. callogenys and A. l. leucophthalma. The white-eyed parakeet measures in length and in wingspan, with a body mass of . is an overall green bird with red on the shoulders and some random flecks of red on the head and neck. The underwing primary coverts