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1、I.IntroductionThecolorsweseearelightwavesabsorbedorreflectedbyeverythingaroundus.Innature,arainbowiswhitelightthatisbrokenapartbythemoistureintheair.Wearelivinginthecolors,whichcloselyrelatedtoourlifeanditisaveryimportantfieldforhumanbeingtorecognizetheword.WordsaboutcolorsbothinChineseandEnglishare
2、closelyrelatedwithcultureoftheirnationalityandthefeelingsthatpeoplehave.Thereareverygreatdifferencesindifferentnationalculture.Theyarealsothetruepicturesofthesocialactivitiesandthesocialideologyofthetimes.InChinese,thesymbolicmeaningofcolorbasedonChinainthepastingrulingoffeudalism,educationalstateta
3、keshape,sothesymbolicofpoliticizingandmystifying.Thecolorinwesternculturesignifiesthatbenefitsfromthepopularizationdegreeofthenationalopeninginthewestandscience,educationmore,symbolicmeaningitslittleandmysterious,gettingmanysomereasonandthesecolorwordstendenchantmenttotheEnglishlanguageanditsculture
4、.Today,peoplewhoknowcolorwordsbutignorantoftheirsocialandculturalconnotationwillnotbeabletotrulyunderstandthesecolorwordsandisoftenfrustratingandfraughtwithmisunderstanding(XuLishen,2004:25).Andevencausemanyseriousproblems.Soweneedtopayattentiontothevariousfieldswherethecolorwordsarewidelyused.II.Th
5、edistinctionsofdifferentcolorbetweenChineseandEnglishculture2.1ThesenseofredcolorinChineseandEnglish2.1.1InChineseRedisoneofthecolorsthattheHanpeoplefavoredmost.TheHanpeoplelikered,becausetheyoftenassociatethesunandthecoloroffirewithred.Asthefirebringpeoplebrighteness,warmthandhappiness,“red”thenimp
6、lies“happiness,auspiciousness,joyounessandanimaion”,andwhichreflectsthepursuitofChinesebothmateriallyandmentally.Forexample:peoplecallmarriageorwedding“hongxishi”(红喜事).Forthecelebrations,peoplewilloftenputonbothsideofthe8door”hongduilian”(红对联antitheticalcoupletonredpaper),orthecharacter“福”(fugoodfor
7、ture)onthedoor,implies“hongfuqitian”(洪福齐天limitlessblessing).Somepeoplealsowillputonthewindowglass“redpapercuts”andhang“redlantern“atdoor;intheeveningtheywilllight“redcandles”andsetoff“redfirecrackers”
