In Wicked, Elphaba has bright green skin — and in the real world, young women used to be diagnosed with a condition referred to as the "green sickness" which actually gave their skin a green tint.

The Real Reason Queen Elizabeth II Wore Neon Outfits All the Time. ... Fortunately, you can still wear your copper jewelry without having green skin as a side effect.

Anti-green skin rhetoric in Wicked has earned the movie a trigger warning for “discrimination” by the British Board of Film Classification. According to the regulators, seeing “beloved ...

This year’s Oscar nominees for makeup and hairstyling, for movies such as “The Substance,” “Wicked” and “A Different Man,” showcased prosthetics and special effects.