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作者姓名：

王海南指导教师：

厉娜

Abstract：

ColorinEnglishandChinesehasmanykindsofmeaningsandplaysanimportantroleinpsychologicalcultureandethniccustom.Fromblack,white,red,green,yellow,purple,andblue,wecanseethedifferentmeaningsincolorbetweenEnglishandChinese.

Keywords:

Color;

English;

Chinese;

Psychologicalculture;

Ethniccustom.

Ⅰ.Introduction:

Natureiscolorful.Colorhasspecificmeaninginpeople’sheart,causesspecificlegendandarousesspecialreflection.InEnglishandChinesemanycolorscanreflectdifferentcultureandemotion.EspeciallyinChinese,therearealreadymanycolorwordsandthesameasEnglish.SothereIwanttocontrastblack,white,red,green,yellow,purple,andbluebetweenEnglishandChinese.

Ⅱ.LiteratureReview

Colorstandsformanymeaningsanddifferentcolorshavedifferentmeanings.Generallyspeaking,blackstandsforsadnessandstateliness;

whitestandsforpure;

redstandsforgoodluck;

greenstandsforoptimism;

yellowstandsforhappiness;

purplestandsformystery;

andbluestandsfordejection.Peopleprefertochooseoptimisticcolortodecoratetheirworkingandlivingenvironment,suchaswhitelightblue,green,oryellow.

Ⅲ.ContrastiveStudy:

A.Black

BlackhasthesamemeaninginEnglishandChinese.Forexample,blackstandsforsadnessandBritishandAmericanwearblackclothesinfuneralceremonyandChineseareusedtowearingblackmesh.InEnglish,BlackFridayisasaddaybecausethatdayisthedaythatJesussufferedintheFridaybeforeEaster.Moreover,blackalwaysstandsfordarkness、cattinessandevil.Atthattime,inChineseitalso

hassimilarexpression,suchasUnderworld（黑社会），BlackCircleBoys（黑帮），

Blackmoney（黑钱），Blackmarket（黑市），Blackday（凶日），Blackfuture（暗淡的前途），Blackmail（勒索），Blacklist（黑名单）.

However,blackalsohasdifferentmeaningsbetweenEnglishandChinese.InChineseblackstandsforhonor,manliness,austerity,honestyandmysteryandsomuchlikethesecommendatoryterms.Intheatricalmask,wealwaysuseblacktostandforpeoplewhoishonestandaustere.Inaddition,becauseblacksometimesgivespeopleakindoffeelingthatitisinsidious,sinisterandhorrible,itstandsforevilandreactionary,forexample,ifyouwanttosaysomeonethatheissinister,you

cansaythatheisblackhearted（黑心肠）,hiddenevilinsideathingisinsidestory（黑幕）,reactionarymembersarecalledblackcircleboys.WhileinEnglishblackalsohasitsspecificmeaning.IntheBible,blackstandsfordevil,evil,sufferingand

misfortune.Soblackisthebasictaboosinwesternculturebecauseitmeansdeath,badomenanddisaster,suchasblackdeath（黑死病）,towearblackforherfather（为

她父亲戴孝）,blackword（s不吉利的话）,ablackletterday（凶日）.Blackalsomeans

crime,suchasblackguard（恶棍）,blackmai（l敲诈、勒索）.Itstandsforshame,such

asablackmark（污点）,blacksheep（败家子）,ablackeye（丢脸）.Inliterature,thereisaformcalledblackhumor.Itisakindofhumorwhichistooexaggerated.

B.White

WhitehasominousmeaninginChinese,becausewhenfamilymemberdied,otherswouldwearwhiteclothes,whitehat.Theyexpresstheirsadnessinthisway.Inancienttimes,peoplecallmanwhocausesdisasterWhiterTiger.Peoplewhoisan

intellectualimbecilearecalledidiot（白痴）.Wecallordinarypeoplewhites.Whitealsostandsforreactionary,decadentandbackward,suchaswhiteterror.Ofcourse,therearecommendmeaningofwhiteinChinese,suchaswhitesnowinspring（阳春白雪）.

Inwesternculture,whitesymbolizeselegance,pure,nobility,equity,luckyand

auspicious,sowesternpeopleupholdwhite.AccordingtotheBible,IsraelsacrificialofferingsofGodarewhite,sowhiteisregardedascolorforholiday.InBritish,whitesymbolizespure,happiness,hope,bright,peace,power,beautyandkindness,forexampleinBritishweddingceremony,bridewearswhiteweddinggarmentandin

SimsalaGrimm,SnowWhiteisaclever,kindandbeautifulgirl.In“ParadiseLose”

（byJohnMilton）,atfirstSatanandotherangelarewhite,butwhenSatanisexpelled,hebecomesablackdevil..Whitealsohassomederogatorymeanings,suchaswhite-hot（愤怒的）,whitefeather（懦弱的）,white-faced（由于生病脸色苍白）.

C.Red

InChineseredhascommendatorymeaning,whileinEnglish,redisusuallyusedinnounorhasderogatorymeaning.Forexample,Chineseuseredtostandforjoyous

occasions,weddingandluckysuchasweddingandfunera（l红白喜事）.Itmeansthat

celebrateaweddingoranoldman’sdeathwithoutanypain.Andredalsomeansgood

luckorwonderfulthingssuchasgoodluck（红运）prosperous（红火）whichmeansthebusinessisverygood.“红男绿女”whichmeansboysandgirlswearingbeautifulclothes.“红角儿”thefamousstar.Sometimesredin