Cmperry, "pastel green"? Where I'm from men only identify but the basic colours, you know like "green". Not pastel, soft, light, perriwinkle etc etc. I know this because my missus does interior decorating and we always have it out when discussing colour. What I see as a green usually ends up as No.2345 lemon dream cloudburst or some other goofy thing!
Maybe the boys are onto something with the purseholder???