【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ese feudal superstition, and it is also the symbol of the gods of heaven or the underworld. For example, Acting in the days of the election depends on “yellow calendar”. “Good day in yellow calendar”, it is appropriate to act in the good days. “Yellow paper” is the paper that people fete for the dead. “Yellow spring” refers to the underworld or someplace like this. The above is formed by the impact of ancient Chinese history and cultural thinking.Yellow is also the symbol of vigilance. Yellow is bright eyecatching, usually used to reminder from the attention and alertness. For example, trackman repair and do the maintenance work on the highway, always dress in yellow clothes, which aims at attracting the drivers’ attention. Before the traffic lights turn from green to red light, yellow light will get light firstly, in order to alert vehicles and pedestrians “red light would light up and the road is about to cutoff the line。 “Yellow alert” is a preliminary alarm。 “yellow line” is the yellow lines prohibit or restrict parking on both sides of the road. To help the user quickly identify and classify mercial telephone number, phonebook is always printed by yellow paper, known as the “Yellow Pages”, and so on.It is the modern times that we connect yellow with pornography fornication, corruption and degeneration because of the “yellow back” in English. So there are expressions, such as “yellow novel”, “yellow movie”, etc. In fact, in English yellow does not directly express the meaning of “pornography”, but the implied meaning of “sensational”. For example, “yellow journalism” means “irresponsible wanton exaggeration, rendering the news reports.” Yellow also shows the immature and ignorant young people, for example, “yellowhaired girl” or “yellowmouthed boy” in Chinese is also often used to represent. GreenGreen puts people in mind of nature, green grasslands, green grass in Chinese, so it means quiet, nature, and health. For example, green food, green industry, green Olympics and the Green Revolution. Green symbolizes life, and therefore also a symbol of harmony and peace. So people in the traffic signal system with the “green light” to road are allowed to pass. Thus the “green light” has the meaning of approval and release. For example, “Only studio heads can greenlight new movies.” “We are ready to rebuild the our ??house, we’ re just waiting for the green light from the Council”.However, green is also used to mean “humble” or “of bad reputation”. For example, “green hat” is not necessarily a green hat but often indicates a cuckold. In Chinese, the color of blue can be replaced by “qing”. “Woman in qing buliding” refers to a woman driven to be a prostitute, for “qing building” in Chinese often implies a brothel instead of a building of green color. In China, especially in the feudal society, the dress of the government official on a lower level was regularized to be green, so it also symbolizes humble. “Green clothing” is the symbol of low position in the official career. BlueIt seems that blue is a favorable word to Chinese. The blue sky and sea often arouse us to yearn for a better future and the feelings of distance, calmness and justice. In Chinese, the color of blue can also be replaced by “qing”, thus “qing sky” and “qing cloud” both refer to the blue sky. Because “blue sky” in a fine day is always cloudless, making people feel bright and clear, “qing sky” in Chinese often refers to a just judge or an upright person.Blue is often connected with the sea and sunny sky, and it makes people feel fortable and relaxed. If someone is emotional or wants to calm down, soft blue can take an effective effect. So blue means a symbol of peace and quiet. In addition, “Blue picture” es from the English word “blueprint.” The former refers to the design drawings, named for its blue. It refers to the construction of the basis used，planning as well as people of the grand vision of the future. WhiteWhite in Chinese culture is used of a wide range of rich colors implication, its symbolic meaning is mendatory but major is derogatory. White symbolizes the meaning of clear, innocence and understanding, for example, “the truth is white” means that finding the truth and putting cause and effect outs of the public to the world. “Wrong is not white” means that it is unable to crack the grievance. “Express the white” or “tell the white” refers to tell the truth, express one’s thought, show one’s love or explain the clear meaning.White, opposite to red, is a basic taboo color in Chinese traditional culture. It is the expression stands for death and ill omen. For example, when one died his family members must dress in white, and held a funeral and this is called “white event”. In Chinese feudal society, the mon people were forbidden to dress in any other colors except white, so they were called “white clothing”. The persons with no position are “white man,” their houses are “white house”. Besides, White in Chinese also means failure. In a war, the yielding party will hang “white flag” as a sign of accepting its failure. BlackBlack contains ??the bad, unlucky or bad imagery in Chinese. The reason is mainly that night often shows dark, fear, terror and pain. In Chinese people who do bad things is called “black heart.” “Black society” means an illegal social organization. “Black shop” refers to an inn ran by brigands. “Black goods” is the unlawful carrying or selling goods. “Black residence” refers to a family without registration. However, black is a solemn and serious color with the heavy sense of mystery, and expresses more mendatory. For example, in traditional Chinese Folklore judge Baogong has a “black face”, an untouchable morally. In traditional Peking Opera Zhangfei or Likui is also painted “black facial makeup”, symbolizing justice, upright and impartial. The Sense of the Basic Colors in English RedWesterners are accustomed to holiday in the calendar printed in red f