anyone have an idea as to how or when green became synonymous with horny?

Question

more specifically the idea or concept of when or how the color green became a symbol for sex or "being horny"

Examples: Green M&Ms
Green Eyes

lol...oh you guys.....I didn;t think it was important to include in the original question that this was a topic my coworkers and I discussed earlier today and none of us had an answer for it. We all tended to agree that it was the M&M company that made it up, but then our boss actually mentioned it was dated to WWII. I just wanted to know what the general public thought. :P

oh and I didn;'t mean to imply that green M&Ms were the only source of the color green being attributed to sexual prowess....perhaps the color is a fertility color or gets easily associated with certain things....kinda' like the #2 gets associated with pairs and couples.

Answer 1

and excert from http://www.snopes.com/risque/aphrodisiacs/mandms.asp

Why the green M&Ms were attributed with this power is unknown; perhaps it was because the color green has always been associated with healing and fertility. (The company itself routinely states that they "cannot explain any extraordinary 'powers' attributed to [green M&Ms], either scientifically or medically"; the same "powers" have also been claimed of green jelly beans and gummi
bears.)

Answer 2

DO GREEN M&Ms TURN YOU ON?
Countless teenagers around the world firmly believe that green M&Ms contain a mysterious substance that promotes young love. It's an enduring myth, which has boosted sales of the sugar-coated chocolate candy for 20 years.

Back in 1984, East Texas State University anthropology student Denise Boesewetter asked people to name what they thought to be aphrodisiacs. Of 46 respondents, nearly half suggested green M&Ms as a powerful inducer of sexual desire. And in 2002, on the Internet, Teen Love Hint No. 57 is "Give him a handful of green M&Ms."

The rumor took hold in the 1970s, and has snowballed ever since. It all began when an American, Forrest Mars Sr., visited Spain at the time of that country's Civil War. He noticed soldiers eating pellets of chocolate encased in a hard sugary coating to prevent it from melting. Returning home, he invented the recipe for "M&M's" Plain Chocolate Candies. The Mars Company of Hackettstown, New Jersey (now M&M/MARS), began producing M&M Chocolate Candies in 1941. Today, zillions are enjoyed worldwide.

In 1992, Wendy Jaffe, a California lawyer set up a company named Cool Chocolates Inc. to make a green M&M-like candy sold under the name "The Green Ones." M&M/MARS claimed trademark infringement. Ms. Jaffe agreed to change the name and packaging of her product, which was subsequently sold as "Greenies."

The candymakers say they can't explain any extraordinary powers attributed to green M&Ms, either scientifically or medically. But there's no doubt the rumor gave their sales figures a massive boost. In 1996, M&M/MARS promoted an advertising campaign asking "Is it true what they say about green ones?"

They went a step further the following year. "The historical moment in 1997 was the debut of Green, the first female M&M's® Character,". says the official company history page. "This multifaceted '90's woman and author starred in a number of popular commercials. Green toured the U.S. promoting her autobiography, 'I Melt For No One,' and she quickly achieved the celebrity status of her male colleagues - the Red, Yellow and Blue M&M's® Characters."

In a rather randy Valentine's Day article in Philly burbs Bob Bankard writes "Ah, but there is some satisfaction for Wendy [Jaffe] in the end - the magical prowess of Green M&Ms has lately rubbed off to both Green Jelly Beans and Green Gummy Bears. No longer is Mars the sole controller of the mystical non-existent power of confectionery aphrodisiac

Answer 3

I think you just made up the sex connection so I would guess the answer is "just a few minutes ago". Green M&Ms turn you on? You must really lead an exciting life.

Answer 4

I've heard that before about green m&ms but sorry i don't know where it came from.

Answer 5

Never heard of it being associated with with horniness, just envy. Ya know so and so is "green with envy".

Answer 6

I didn't know it was?? imagine my suprise! learned something.
I thought it meant go. stop lites?
Or grass.