Green light spell in OotP

[-p]

No: HPFGUIDX 126690


In reading the books - I've alsways associated certain spells with
certain colors of light - red flashes are stunning spells and green -
well, Avada Kedavra, of course.  And man that green light was passed
back and forth throughout the Ministry during the final showdown in
OotP.

I'm wondering if could have gotten hit with anything other than Avada
Kedavra.  It seems to me that she got hit with the same type of green
light that hit the statue protecting Harry, the same green light that
'killed' Fawkes and the same green light that snuffed everyone else in
the series who got snuffed with the Avada Kedavra spell.

JKR says that Tonks will appear in later books - so I'm waiting for
someone to tell me why she didn't die from the green light, or perhaps
that there is another powerful spell that emits a green flash.  Ideas?

-p