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
Green-eyed tree frog skin of frogs, including the green-eyed species, are now being looked to for HIV virus prevention. The chemicals found within their skin aren't pleasant for their predators, but can be very useful when fighting against bacteria, viruses, and fungus. When in dendritic cells, it has been found that the virus can still be killed by these peptides, showing a promise for mucosal preventatives. What is needed now, is the identification of which peptides can exactly prevent HIV in order to put this to work. Green-eyed tree frog The green-eyed tree frog ("Litoria serrata") is a species of Australasian treefrog in