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I have the funny feeling you're trying to make an analogy, but I can't quite make out what it might be. But be that as it may, it seems like you're making a category mistake. "Green" or "white" isn't what the shirt is, it's what the shirt is like.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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