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How much do you know about the meaning of color?

The world we live in is rich and colorful, and colors are closely related to our lives. There are countless color-related phrases and phrases in language, especially in English, and many of them have nothing to do with the original meaning of color, sometimes even nothing, which is quite interesting to sum up. For example, black tea means black tea; Black sheep refers to black sheep, not just "black sheep". Black someone means "speak ill of someone", not "black someone". Painting the town red means carnival, not "painting the town red". This paper briefly introduces the expression and classification of colors in English for the reference of English lovers.

From the color point of view, red is like fire and passionate, so it is not surprising that it is associated with revolution or celebration. Red became the color of revolution, which originated from the red flag used in the French Revolution. Redletter means "festive" and "memorable", so a red day is an out-and-out "auspicious day", which comes from the habit of marking Christmas or other anniversaries in the calendar with red. The red carpet is a red carpet for VIPs, and the red car-pet means "grand welcome". Blushing is "blushing" and "embarrassment". Red head means "red hair". Perhaps it is because British gendarmes and American station porters wear red hats, so red cap has the above two meanings. The red flag sometimes refers to "something that makes people angry". If it is waving a red flag, it can refer to "waving a red flag" or "something that makes people angry". Redblood means "energetic" or "brave and bold". See red means "fly into a rage", and Catch(take)someone red-hand means "caught red-handed" or "caught red-handed". As for red tape, it refers to cumbersome business processes, that is, "bureaucracy", which is directly related to the fact that official documents of British government departments are tied together with red tape. Economically, we cannot make ends meet. We call it "fiscal deficit", which comes from the deficit items that have been registered in red ink on the books. Therefore, in English, be in the red means "deficit" (debt), and be(get) out of the red means "no deficit" or "profit". The red book refers to the telephone book because its cover is red. Red meat refers to beef and mutton because its meat color is red. In addition, red also means "danger" and "emergency". For example, a red alert means an "emergency alert" for an air raid, storm or typhoon.

In English, the word black is often associated with "bad" and "evil" things. One of the most widely known is probably the word Black Friday, when there is a disaster. Similarly, Black Monday means "the first day of school", which is a very popular name among students. Black Saturdays refer to Saturdays that have no money to take because the completion funds have been lent out in advance. There are also two black Thursdays in history. A finger 185 1 On Thursday, February 6, 2008, a huge forest fire broke out in Australia, which was burnt black. First, it means 1943 65438+ 10/4, which is also Thursday. The German Air Force fought fiercely over the town of Swineford, Germany, and both sides lost. History calls that day Black Thursday. Others, such as black list, black market and black heart, are similar to some statements made by China. Black eyes may mean "black eyes" or "shame". Bruising is a veritable "bruising, bruising." Black and white means "black and white". The word red be is mentioned above, so by analogy, depending on the color of the ink used in bookkeeping, be in black means "profit", or at least "no loss". Therefore, we cannot simply regard black as "unlucky" and "sinful color".

White is pure, naive, kind and delicate. For example, a white lie means a white lie. White slaves refer to being forced to be prostitutes. White-haired men refer to the most favored children, not the white-haired teenagers. White papers refer to government documents. White-collar workers "White-collar workers" refer to "mental workers", such as teachers or senior staff. White alert means "disarmed". Besides veal or pork, white meat can also be used to refer to chicken breast, all of which come from its meat color. White elephant means "expensive and useless thing" because white elephant is revered as a god. Anyone who gets such a gift is doomed to be killed. Imagine who has the ability to worship a living god. In China, there used to be a product with the brand of "White Elephant", but after it was put into the international market, it was always impossible to make a sale. The reason is the translation of White Elephant. Indeed, who is willing to spend money to buy suffering? However, a white day means "an auspicious day", while a white life moment means "a time of pride in life" or "a time of good luck". White night means "sleepless night". WhiteChristmas (Christmas with snow) means "good luck, good luck", which is similar to the auspicious year of snow in China. As for white fever, it coincides with the Chinese word "white fever". In addition, politically, white is just the antonym of red, symbolizing reaction, such as a white area, white terror and white army.

Yellow (yellow) When expressing people's emotional state or characteristics, yellow refers to a timid person, such as a yellow dog, which means a coward and a mean person. Yellow alert stands for "preparing for alarm". However, yellow news refers to a news editing style that attracts readers through unscrupulous exaggeration and rendering, that is, yellow editing style. Yellow book (Yellow Pages) is by no means a Chinese yellow book, but a business classified phone book printed on yellow paper, which is common in American shops or families. Chinese pornographic books and periodicals, whose "yellow" means "dirty", can be translated into dirty books in English.

Brown can represent the color of the skin tanned by the sun, which is a healthy color. In British English, brown refers to a large group of black birds. The phrase in Brown Studies means "meditation". "Get to work" is slang, which means "make" ... perfect ". As for August, all the plants and leaves turn brown in mid-August. Of course, this is a British phenomenon. Due to different geographical locations, August in China is a very green season.

Blue is the color of melancholy and sadness. For example, blue music refers to music with sad, deep and soothing tones. A bolt from the blue means a bolt from the blue. Out of the blue means "suddenly" the blue moon has never been seen in the world, so there is once in a blue moon in English, which means almost as little as "Cycas blooms" in Chinese, that is to say, the blue moon happens once. Monday is the day to continue working. For those who have just had a happy weekend, the word blue Monday is the most appropriate. Blue-pencil is used as a verb, meaning "delete", which comes from the habit of American editors who usually use blue pencils to delete manuscripts. Blue socks are a phenomenon of18th century. At that time, female members of the British Literature Association often wore blue socks, so blue socks were used to refer to learned and talented women. As for the term blue-collar workers, it used to refer to manual workers, and everyone is familiar with it. The phrase till all is blue means "to the end" and drink tillall is blue means "as drunk as a fiddler". In blue funk, it means "extreme panic", while make theair blue means "swearing". Blue books are books with famous names, especially government officials. Blue nose refers to the so-called guardian of social morality, not the person with blue nose. There are also movies like blue movies and blue jokes. In addition, blue can also mean noble and well-born. For example, blue blood means "noble family and lineage", which is probably to distinguish it from the deep red blood of ordinary people. The blue ribbon is a symbol of honor, which comes from the blue ribbon of the Carter Guardian Medal, Britain's highest honor. Nowadays, the winners of American competitions, big and small, are often awarded the blue ribbon, so the blue ribbon represents honor and strength. Products marked with blue ribbon are very attractive to consumers.

Grey means negative, conservative and gloomy, grey prospects means "gloomy future", and grey hairs refers to the elderly, which stems from the fact that people's hair and beard turn gray when they are old. The gray past refers to ancient times. White (blue) collar workers are gray collar workers, which is a new vocabulary, referring to those engaged in the "tertiary industry", that is, the service industry. The phrase "gray in the morning (dawn)" means "at dawn", which is related to the fact that the sky is gray at dawn.

Purple purple is a noble, gorgeous and precious color, representing luck. Being born in a noble family means being born in a royal family or a noble family. As we all know, the word patch means "patch". What if even the patches are purple? This led to a purple patch, which refers to "good days" and "easy days". Here, the patch is compared to "a period of time".

Green is the color of life and youth. It means "naive, inexperienced and lacking in training". The novice is called greenhorn, that is, the novice. In greenwood, it means youth. A green old age undoubtedly has the meaning of "being old and being strong". Being green with jealousy in English is just the opposite of "eyes are red with jealousy" in Chinese, probably because people of different races have different eyes colors. Similarly, both green-eyed and green-eyed monsters express jealousy. Do you see green in my eyes? Do you think I'm a fool? Or "do you think I'm that easy to bully?" In this sentence, the word green means "innocence"

Gold symbolizes happiness and perfection. Golden time means "happy moment", and the golden age is really "golden age" or "golden age".

To sum up, we can easily find that color is widely used in language and has rich meanings. A little carelessness will easily lead to misunderstandings of one kind or another, which will affect our understanding of articles and dialogues and fail to achieve the purpose of communication. The meaning of color introduced in this paper is only a small part of language and culture, in order to arouse readers' interest in learning language and have a general understanding of the inextricable relationship between language and social culture.