Re: Mars, the BLUISH planet
Hello, Nick!
The Mars colors I've seen through my scope are just as you described above and no I never saw green. Reflections or refractions of of the red/ish yellows with the blues being cast off from ice particles that may reside iin those thin veils of Martian 'clouds' may be the cause, although I've never seen a Martian green color from my scope (I do need a better scope!). The dark blue colors have taken a purplish/dark blue grey.
Olivine, from the Planetary Society. I've read that Olivine's green can have different ranges of green depending on the amount of Magnesium or Iron.
Marcia