The colors of these glasses are the colors I will likely highlight my some-day kitchen with. At least, those are the colors of all the coffee cup sets I've bought (and copper- I'd die for copper pots & pans one day).  And I think they look so lovely as glass.  The purple will always remind me of the glass blowers in Venice, and the green for some reason makes me think of my childhood and home.  To me, it's "Kelly green" though I can't exactly place why.  I think we had (have?) some green punch glasses close to that color.