【正文】 ong” (白送 ) conveys the message of giving somebody something with no charge or no price. White is also a symbol of failure or foolishness. When beaten in a war, losers tend to take a white flag to show surrender. Connotations of white in English culture In English, white is one of the frequently used colors, and its connotations are mostly positive. White makes one think of immaculacy in English, so the white color is the symbol of God, angles, happiness and purity. In ancient Greece, people believed that sleeping with the white pajamas can have good dreams. In the Bible, each angel monly has a pair of white wings, floating with silverwhite Halo on the head. In western countries, white color stands for happiness and loyalty. At the wedding, brides are dressed in white to show their pure love and loyalty to the marriage. In celebration of God Halloween, people tend to dress in white, because they think that white symbolizes purity and sincerity in the culture of heraldry, and means loyalty in art. “White lie” means a small lie you tell someone to avoid hurt him/her. And also, “white magic” means a magic for good and kind purposes. White can also be used to stand for purity and innocence. When we refer to an innocent child, we tend to use “whitehanded boy” to express. And also, “white spirit” means pure and holy mind. In addition, white stands for legitimating and lawfulness. “White market” means a market in official permission. “White list” means a list of individuals having security clearance from banks or government officials. Moreover, white stands for the symbol of authority and power. There is the “White Hall” in London and “White House” in Washington in the USA. In English, “white paper” means a paper given by the government to express government?s plans before a new law is approved. “White knight” refers to a person or anization who saves the pany from being brought by another pany at too low a price. Besides, White has close relation with economy in English. “White war” means economic war. Because of there is no blood. We call the hydraulic power required “white coal”. In addition, “white sale” means sweeping reductions in price. Though the domain orientation of meanings of white contains purity, happiness, loyalty and joyfulness, it is used to express negative meaning on certain occasions. In western countries, “a white party” means a reactionary party. “A white flag” is a sign of your surrender and failure. Western people tend to use “white feather” to express timidity and fear. In addition, they use “white wash” to express hiding the true facts of bad or evil thing by false. Moreover, in English, “white trash” mean people who are poor and uneducated. And also, “white sepulcher” refers to people who are very hypocritical. 4. Yellow Connotations of yellow in Chinese culture Yellow color is Han people?s nationality color, and respected by Chinese people. “In China yellow is an honorable color. It is always connected with ?honor?, ?glory?, and it is symbol of power, lofty” (An 47). In ancient China, yellow was put on a very high position, which was the priority color of emperor. It is the symbol of authority and nobility. In ancient China, the robe, the coach and the throne of emperor are yellow. The government of office is called “huangmen” (黃門 ) and the imperial edict is called “huangbang” (黃榜 ). What?s more, as yellow is the color of gold, it can refer to preciousness and richness. We use “huangjindiduan” (黃金地段 ) to express the rich and wealthy district. If we say “huangjinshijian” (黃金時間 ), we mean the time is valuable and precious to achieve something. And also, Yellow can symbolize luckiness. We use “huangdaojiri” (黃道吉日 ) to express lucky days to do a certain thing. Besides, in our nation, Yellow is the color of the nature and the earth. We call the cradle of Han culture “Yellow River”. For thousands of years, people of our nation lived and farmed by the side of Yellow River, and it breaded Chinese people from generations to generations. We drink the water from yellow river and we eat the yellow rice, we have the yellow skin and we belong to the yellow race. Though yellow is a holy and noble color in Chinese ancient time, people endowed it with some negative meaning in modern time. This color is often used to express pornographic, such as, “hungsedianying” (黃色電影 ) or “huangseshukan”(黃色書刊 ). Connotations of yellow in English culture For westerners, yellow is an unpleasant color, which carries the meaning of unsatisfactory and bad things. Firstly, it is always associated with cowardice and timidity. In English, they use “yellow dog” to refer to picayune person. If we refer to people who lost all his/her courage, we tend to use a “yellow man” to express. Next, Yellow is always used in press. “Yellow journalism” means newspaper reports that are exaggerated and written to shock readers. Thirdly, yellow can be used to express warnings. In football games, “yellow card” is a card shown by referee to a player as a warning about bad behaviors. In Britain, a yellow line is painted at the side of a road to show that you can only park your car there at a particular time or for a short time. Though the color of yellow is not favored by western countries, it also has positive meaning in certain phrase. “Yellow pages” is a book with yellow pages that gives a list of panies and anizations and their telephone numbers, arranged according to the type of service they offer. “Yellow ribbon” is a piece of yellow material that somebody ties around the tree as a sign that they are thinking about somebody who has gone away, especially a soldier fighting in war, and that they hope that the person will soon return safely. 5. Four causes of different connotations of the same color words “Color is an obje