My choice for a Jeep would also be Jeep Green. To me, that is the quintessential Jeep color. As far as the tale of the TJs come and gone, it's a long and involved story. I will summarize it starting with the blue '97 Sport I had in 2006 that I now have the half doors from being repainted silver. In 2006, my mom passed away suddenly from complications due to surgery. When I was going through her papers after she was gone, I came across a letter from her, with instructions on how to handle her estate. In that letter, she specifically said to buy myself a truck or vehicle with some of the estate. She knew my penchant for trucks and Jeeps, and wanted to be a blessing that way, even after she was gone. I took her up on her generosity, and in August 2006 sold that '97 Sport to a co-worker, and ordered a brand new 2007 JKR, which you have seen pictures of, in Jeep green. I ordered it exactly the way I wanted it. You might see in some of the photos of that JKR the license plate, which said THX MOM, which now you know why.
I ran with that JKR until 2012, whereupon I simply decided that given the way JKs are, and how I used to love driving TJs, to trade it for that yellow TJR. Should have kept the JKR, if for no other reason but because of why I bought it in the first place. I have regretted that decision to this day.
Going forward, the yellow TJR had some transmission issues, and because of that and regretting trading the JKR, I took that yellow TJR and my wife's Rav4, and traded them both for an almost new Honda Civic. I ran without a Jeep for a while, then got looking again. That's when I found the Khaki 2006 Rubicon. I drove that for six months or so, but for some reason was not satisfied with it either. I sold a Tacoma and that TJR on Craigslist, to one buyer who wanted a Jeep and a truck for his son. Six months later, I decided to get another TJ, and bought the '03 X. If fixed that up and drove it for a couple years, then my buddy wanted to buy it, so I sold it to him. I then got a 2012 JK Sport and drove that for a year. I stumbled on the 2004 TJR when I was getting my latest Tacoma's oil changed at a Toyota dealership. I made a deal a few days later, sold the JK Sport, and the rest is history. That was in June of 2016.
I love the 2004 TJR, it has been the best of the bunch. When I ordered the 2007 JKR, I almost got one of the last 2006 TJRs that were left on the lots prior to the JK release, but didn't. Given the sometimes issues with the ODPA on 2005-2006, I am glad I didn't now, although there's no guarantee I would have had any problem with that anyway.
In retrospect, if I had skipped all the TJs since the JKR, I could have saved up enough to probably buy two JLRs...