In re-reading the Sil, i came upon a quote of green things:
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Green things fell sick and rotted...
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this behavior occurs after Melkor contaminates much of Arda with his hatred. This would imply that green had an original status of good, and was given a bad connotation by Morgoth- which goes for all that once would have been. Thus, my theory would be that since Melkor was only able to create in mockery of light, his evil affect on green would never match the intensity green could have for light.