Guild Wars 2

The ascended items sold by the laurel merchant has multiple stats some in green, some white. Do you benefit from all the stats regardless of color?

What is the significance of the colors? If there is link about the different colors for items, that would be great too.

Thanks in advance for any info.

The green and white numbers are a comparison to the equipment you currently have equipped in the same item slot on your character.

So take for example an amulet:

Green ability name + green number = you do not have this ability on the amulet you’re currently wearing.
White ability name + white number = you already have this ability on the amulet you’re currently wearing, and your current amulet gives a bigger bonus.
White ability name + green number = you already have this ability on the amulet you’re currently wearing, but the amulet you are looking at gives that ability a bigger bonus.

This goes for any item, not just ascended.