Why does a black body never turn green when heated?

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A black body, when heated, transitions through infrared to red, orange, yellow, and then directly to white, bypassing green. This occurs because green is at the center of the visible spectrum, and when a body emits light at this temperature, it also emits significant amounts of red and blue, which combine to appear white. The discussion highlights the role of physiological perception in color interpretation rather than quantum mechanics. Understanding that white light consists of red, green, and blue components clarifies why green is not a distinct stage in the heating process. Thus, the color transitions of a heated black body illustrate the complexities of light emission and human color perception.
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I think it has been asked a lot of times and explained a lot of times, but as I've never seen the answer I post my question here.
Why does a black body never becomes green when it is heated? It pass from infrarred to red, orange, yellow but instead of passing to green, it then passes by white... and then blue, etc. I guess there's something quantum mechanics can explain.
 
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No it's purely physiological
Green is the middle of the visible spectrum so anybody heated to produce green will also produce a lot of red and blue. Red + green + blue looks white.
 
The old "ROYGBIV" for red-orange-yellow-green-blue-indigo-violet summarizes the color transitions...
 
Ah thanks to both. I didn't realize that when a body is white, it means it's blue, green and red.
 

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