Green Photograph?

[toby_ax]

I also wondered gloves when Gadget mentioned it.
And then saw the other hand and saw fingernails and thought maybe not gloves, and then wondered if she just had it on one hand oddly, but there are details on her fingers that make me think otherwise.

I never met her to be able to ask her about any injuries, although no family stories exist in regards to this. My mum knew her best - she was her best friend, and she was surprised when I showed her the arm as she had never noticed either and had no comment on injuries etc. My mum never even questioned the green. She passed quite early for today's standards unfortunately. All she ever wanted was a boy, and then after she died, I was born. 

I've just found this discussion from 10 or so years ago

Interesting thank you Gadget, although, mine looks far more extreme than that example. 
It is very strange, green would not be my choice of colour for a photo of my child as I said, and as I am collating these photographs, green looks very out of place amongst the black and white and sepia photographs, but I like to keep things as intended, but with everyones input im leaning towards the fact this photo wasn't meant to be green 

[Lisa in California]

Perhaps it’s just the way her arm is bent, but her arm above her elbow doesn’t seem right, either.  The arm directly under the sleeve looks thinner than the area just above the elbow.  Perhaps the shadow from her sleeve is just hiding a bit of her actual arm colour?

[Lisa in California]

If she moved her arm very slightly just as the photograph was taken, could that have produced a slightly blurred effect (for the part just below her sleeve).

[toby_ax]

Oh wow Lisa, I completely overlooked that too! her arm completely disappears amongst the background, this photograph is offering more mysteries than I had thought it could. This is why I love this website, you ask one question and end up finding out so much more!

I'm not sure that's caused by her sleeve, the arm completely fades into the background.
My mum has confirmed that this is the original photograph.

If she moved her arm very slightly just as the photograph was taken, could that have produced a slightly blurred effect (for the part just below her sleeve).

Later Add on:
Possible, but still very strange. 

[Lisa in California]

Oh wow Lisa, I completely overlooked that too! her arm completely disappears amongst the background, this photograph is offering more mysteries than I had thought it could. This is why I love this website, you ask one question and end up finding out so much more!

I absolutely agree with you - others have offered wonderful suggestions, thoughts, etc. when I’ve also asked questions. 

Added: it’s more noticeable in Gadget’s rendition.

[Gadget]

Back again   

What does the back look like and is there a border?

Gadget

[sparrett]

In that era it was a fashion for a little girl to be given a bracelet, often at Christening or Baptism.

It would be made of gold and was formed as a a linked chain except in one section which had a flat band or plate on which was engraved the child's name and sometimes birthdate.

It was quite loose and "floppy"  so as not be uncomfortable and they did move up and down the chubby little arm.

I wonder if that is what we see.

Sue

[Gadget]

Not sure, Sue

Here's a larger snip of the arm. The two parts of the arm don't appear to match up.

Gadget

(This is starting to feel a little like 'Blow Up'   -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup)

[Neale1961]

Yes, it looks like a bracelet. That was my thought before reading Sue's comment.

The green colour is interesting. I was recently looking at colour photos taken in 1955, and they all now have degraded to a pinkish-purple hue.