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 Lady reviews. One reviewer called the song "jazzy and memorable", while John Laycock of the "Windsor Star" called it a "bewitching single". Four years later, Sugarloaf described the process of recording the song and selling it to the recording industry (namely the failed attempt to get CBS Records to distribute the record) in its song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You," which also became a hit. The song is featured in the 1997 comedy film "Home Alone 3", starring Alex D. Linz and Rya Kihlstedt. The song was sampled by Jordan Knight for his song, "A Different Party". Green-Eyed Lady "Green-Eyed