No they didn't, because the green was first in 2007, when iPhone only supported SMS. It was 4 years later that iMessage launched. The conversation probably went like:
"Okay well, now that we're launching an alternative to SMS, how will we distinguish iMessage messages from regular SMS messages?"
"Hm, well, SMS messages are green, so what if we picked another color?"
"Yeah okay, blue? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
"Sounds good, mock it up and send it to the engineers"
edit: The reason for picking green originally was probably because all the "communication"-related apps had a green color scheme, including Messages. This persists today — the app icons for Phone, Messages, and FaceTime are all green.
No they didn't, because the green was first in 2007, when iPhone only supported SMS. It was 4 years later that iMessage launched. The conversation probably went like:
"Okay well, now that we're launching an alternative to SMS, how will we distinguish iMessage messages from regular SMS messages?"
"Hm, well, SMS messages are green, so what if we picked another color?"
"Yeah okay, blue? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
"Sounds good, mock it up and send it to the engineers"
edit: The reason for picking green originally was probably because all the "communication"-related apps had a green color scheme, including Messages. This persists today — the app icons for Phone, Messages, and FaceTime are all green.
Never forget the icon they used for Windows servers: https://i.stack.imgur.com/5rYVr.png
That’s hilarious