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      8 hours ago

      Modern US bills are really more of a white-blue with bruise yellow tones (except for the $1s) - but damn is the idea of the “american greenback” deeply rooted in the cultural identity!

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          7 hours ago

          This was more a comment on how the american aesthetic is so prolific that you still think of US currency being green despite it being long past the point where that was true, rather than a comment on what the colors actually are.

          color comparison

          Historical bill (Very Green) (1998):

          Recent bill (not very green) (2013):

          (There is a very funny joke in here that I only just noticed, though the color representation is still pretty accurate)