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Ancient Words That Describe Colors

1. Ancient words for colors

Difference between words for colors in ancient Chinese

1, the difference between "绛, 朱, 赤, 丹, 红"

"绛, 朱, 赤, 丹, 红花" are all words for red. The original meaning is: "deep red color". The degree of "Zhu" is the second, "Shuowen": "Zhu, red heart wood, pine and cypress genus." The original meaning is: "red hearted wood", later used to mean "vermilion color, big red". The original meaning of "red" is "the color of fire", i.e. red. The original meaning of "dan" is "cinnabar, vermilion sand", which is later used to mean "red, reddish color". Red" is the lightest, "Shuowen": "red, red and white." The original meaning is: "pink color." Later, there is no difference between "red" and "red".

2, "green, pale, blue, green, blue" difference

"Green, pale, blue, green, blue" five words in modern Chinese are adjectives, indicating color. But there is a difference in ancient Chinese. Green" means "blue" in both ancient and modern times, and "pale" originally meant "grass color", which means "dark blue". The original meaning of "cang" is "grass color", which means "dark blue" or "dark green", the deepest, while the original meaning of "bi" is "lime green jade", which means "light blue" or "dark green", which means "light blue" or "light green". The original meaning of "Bi" is "greenish jade", which means "light blue" or "light green", these three words are originally differentiated, and sometimes can be mixed. For example, green sky is also called pale sky, green grass is also called blue grass, and green moss is also called pale moss. The meanings of "green" and "cyan" are farther apart, so they are less often used interchangeably. "Blue" in the ancient Chinese language only as "polygonum" meaning, is a noun, and only later has the meaning of "blue".

2. Ancient words describing colors

Red = scarlet, Dan, Zhu, red, red, ochre, blush, scold, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish, reddish.

Orange = tangerine.

Yellow = yellow, apricot, light yellow, cudgel, and cucumber.

Green=Bi, Qing, Cang, Cang, Cui, Nymph, Rhododendron. (Remarks: Green depends on the usage to tell if it is blue or green.)

Blue = green, precipitate. (Remarks: Indigo is a blue pigment, not just a color.)

Purple = Thorn, Common Gromwell

Coffee = Brown, Iris.

White = plain, fair, onyx, white, bright, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white.

Black = 玄、皂、缁、乌、涅、黎、括号、墨、黛、黔、黝、黯、黮、黢、黶。 (Remarks: sallow is black with yellow; daiqing is is greenish-black; dailv is greenish-green.)

3. Ancient words about colors

Red = scarlet, Dan, Zhu, red, tee, ochre, blush, funny, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red.

Orange = tangerine.

Yellow = yellow, apricot, light yellow, cudgel, and cucumber.

Green=Bi, Qing, Cang, Cang, Cui, Nyx, Rhododendron. (Remarks: Green depends on the usage to tell if it is blue or green.)

Blue = green, precipitate. (Remarks: Indigo is a blue pigment, not just a color.)

Purple = Thorn, Common Gromwell

Coffee = Brown, Iris.

White = plain, fair, onyx, white, bright, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, white.

Black = 玄、皂、缁、乌、涅、黎、括号、墨、黛、黔、黝、黯、黮、黢、黶。 (Remarks: sallow is black with yellow; daiqing is is greenish-black; dailv is greenish-green.)

4. What are the words to describe color in ancient Chinese

1, eclipsed The word "eclipsed" is a form of the word "eclipsed".

From black, sound. The original meaning is: "deep black color".

Shuowen: "Ember, deep black color is also." Guangya: "Ember, black."

The Historical Records - Confucius Family: "dull and black." There are still words like "dull" (dark look).

Often refers to the color black. 2, heh (赫) is a Chinese character that is synonymous with "black".

From two red. Shuowen: "He, fire red appearance."

Fire red. The original meaning is "the color of fire", which means "red and fire red".

For example, "Shi Jing - Name Wind - Jianxi": "He is like ochre." Now there are still words such as "Hezhi (red sun), Hechi (crimson, fire red)".

3, Dai (黛) is a form-sounding character. From black, generation sound.

"Shuowen": "黱, painted eyebrows. From black, I sound."

"黱" is also written "黛". Kingland book as painting eyebrows ink.

The original meaning is "greenish-black pigment." In ancient times, women used to draw eyebrows.

Later referred to the "greenish-black", such as Du Fu "cypress line": "Frosty skin slippery rain forty siege, Dai color in the sky two thousand feet." Now there are still words such as "black".

4, black The ideogram. In the small seal script, above is the ancient character for "chimney", i.e., chimney; below is the character for "fire", indicating the abundance of smoke from burning.

Together, it means blackened by smoke and fire.

The original meaning is: "black". Xiao Er Ya: "Pure black and reflexive, called the Wu."

Later, it often means "black". Such as "black hole", "darkness", etc.

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5, Hong (红) A form of the Chinese character "形声字". From "糸" (meaning related to thread), "工声".

Shuowen: "Red, red and white silk." The original meaning is: "pink."

Duan note: "According to this, this is called pink, peach red."

Later, it also represents a variety of red colors. For example, Bai Juyi's "Remembering South of the River": "The sunrise river flowers are red hot."

Now the use of red is extremely common, combined with other words that indicate the color red, such as "scarlet", "reddish-red" and so on. 6, scarlet The word "scarlet" is a morphosyntactic character.

From "糸" (meaning related to thread), non-vocal. The original meaning is "(silk) red".

"Shuowen Xinxian": "Him, the red color of the silk is also." Later, it often means "red, crimson", such as Han Yu's "Sending Au Hong back to the south": "Pei sui on the color purple and scarlet."

Now there are words like "scarlet". 7, red.

Oracle, from big (people) from fire. The person is on fire, being roasted red.

One says "big fire" is red. The original meaning is "the color of fire", i.e. red.

"Shuowen": "Red, the color of the south." Book - Hong Fan - Five Elements: "Red, the color of fire."

Later referred to as "red", such as Jia Si-feng "Qi Min Yao Shu - pepper planting": "color red pepper is good." 8, Zhu (朱) refers to the word "matter".

Small seal script, from the wood, one in which it is pointed out that this wood is red heart. Shuowen: "Zhu, red heart wood, pine and cypress genus."

The original meaning is: "red heart wood". Later used to mean "vermilion, big red".

For example, Han Fei Zi - ten over: "Ink stained its outside, and Zhu painted its inside." Zhuangzi Dasheng: "Purple clothes and vermilion crown."

In ancient times, "Zhu" was also called "Zhu" for the right color, such as "Zhu Men", "Zhu Hong" and so on. 9, dan 象形字.

Oracle glyphs, outside the box like the shape of the mine, the inside of a cross is added to the symbol, indicating that there is Dan sand. The character "Dan" (丹), the red stone of Bajue, is also used.

Like mining Dan well." The original meaning is "cinnabar, vermilion sand".

Later, it means "red, red color". Zhou Li - Kaogong Ji: "Dyeing feathers with Zhu Zhan Dan Panicum."

10, blue A morphosyntactic character. From 艹, 监声.

The original meaning is: "polygonum blue". Shuowen: "Blue, dyeing grass is also."

Blue in the ancient Chinese language does not indicate the color, usually indicates the dye "polygonum blue", such as "Xunzi - persuade learning": "Green from the blue, but blue in blue." The adjective used for blue is "青".

"Blue" indicates color in a later sense, meaning "dark blue". For example, Du Fu's "Winter to Jinhua Mountain View": "There is an azure sky above."

There are still words like "blue sky" and "blue". 11, green.

From "糸"(meaning related to threads), record the sound. Shuowen: "Green, the greenish-yellow color of silk."

The original meaning is: "green with yellow color". For example, "Chu Ci - Orange Ode": "Green leaves are so glorious."

Later also used to indicate "black color", such as Du Mu "A Fang Palace Fu" "green clouds disturbed." (Green clouds: a woman's dark and shiny hair).

Now there are still words such as "green", "green", "green trees" and so on. 12, white.

The shape of the character on the oracle, like the shape of the sun shooting up and down, the sun's bright white, from the word "white" is mostly related to the light, white.

Yin used the color white." Ancient people also used it to represent the west, fall, gold, lungs, etc.

The original meaning is: "white color". For example, Xunzi - Honor and Shame: "The eye recognizes white and black beauty and evil."

13, Huang hieroglyphic character. Jinwen like locust shape.

This is the original character for "locust". The original meaning is: "locusts."

Later, it often means: "yellow". Shuo Wen: "Yellow, the color of the earth."

"On balance - 騐 Fu": "Yellow is the color of the earth, in the center." Yi - Kun: "Tian Xuan and the earth yellow, the solution to the yellow vector."

"Poetry - name of the wind - green": "green yellow li."






The Chinese character for "brown" is "brown".

From clothes, when sound. Shuowen: "Brown, knitted nettle-hemp socks."

(枲：粗麻). The original meaning is: "socks woven with coarse hemp."

Later, it means "yellowish-black", as in Bai Juyi's "Sanshiyi Gifts to Taoist Friends": "The brown silk robe is thick and warm." There are still words like "lignite, lignite".

15, gray ideogram. From hand, from fire.

It means the fire is out and can be taken by hand. Shuowen: "Ash, the embers of a dead fire."

The original meaning is: "fire ash". Later, it means "gray", a mixture of white and black.

16, Jiang Jiang (绛) 形声字. It is from "iti" and "夅".

"Shuowen": "Jiang Jiang is also a big red color." The original meaning is: "big red color", "Guangya": "The crimson is called jiang.

Where the nine banners of the silk are used Jiang Jiang." (crimson: red) is followed by "deep red".

For example, in "Three Kingdoms Zhi-Wu Shu-Lv Meng Biography": "For the soldiers to make Jiang clothes line cord." (行縢：绑腿。)

17, violet The word "violet" is a form of the word "violet". It is a word that comes from the word "iti", which is a sound.

"Shuowen": "Purple, the black and red color of silk." The original meaning is "purple", that is, "the color of blue and red".

After often refers to the "purple", such as "Analects - country party": "red and purple do not think blasphemy." There are still words such as "purple tang color" (black with red color).

18, Tong (彤) is a Chinese character with the same meaning. From Dan, from broadcasting.

Dan is dansha. Broadcasting means decoration.

The original meaning is "colorful decoration". Shuo Wen: "Tong, dan is also decorated."

Xunzi Daliou: "The lords and feudal lords will use the bow." (Press: "Dan lacquer.")

Originally a verb, later used as an adjective to refer to.

5. What are the ancient words about colors

I. 五颜六色 [wǔ yán liù sè]

出处

清-李汝珍《镜花缘》第十四回："But the clouds on which each person ascends are colorful and their shapes are different."

Interpretation

Describe the complexity of color or variety of patterns. Derived from various colors.

II. 姹紫嫣红 [chà zǐ yān hóng]

出处

明-汤显祖《牡丹亭-惊梦》："Originally, beautiful purples and brilliant reds bloomed all over the place, and it seems that all of them are like this, paid to the broken wells and decrepit walls."

Interpretation

Purple and Yan: delicate and colorful. Describe all kinds of flowers are delicate and beautiful.

III. 万紫千红 [wàn zǐ qiān hóng]

出处

宋-朱熹《春日》诗："等闲识得东风面，万紫千红总是春"。"

Paraphrase

It describes the blossoming of a hundred flowers with brilliant colors. It is also a metaphor for things that are colorful.

Four. 五光十色 [wǔ guāng shí sè]

出处

南梁-江淹《丽色赋》："五光徘徊，十色陆离."

Interpretation

It describes that the colors are bright and colorful.

V. 五彩缤纷 [wǔ cǎi bīn fēn]

出处

峻青《地下水晶宫》："Walls have many frost-like patterns, and under the illumination of the light, the walls are radiating with colorful rays, just like a rainbow weaving."

Interpretation

Colorful: all kinds of colors; colorful: a variety of interlaced appearance. It refers to the variety of colors, which is very nice to look at.

6. What are the ancient words for colors

Eclipsed (black), red (red), scarlet (red), green (black/green), dan (red) I. Eclipsed's interpretation: black; gloomy: ~ pale.

Group words: dull, dull, dull black, dark, dull red. ii. Definition of chi: 1. a color slightly lighter than vermilion. 2. generalized red: ~ small beans.

Red face and ears ~. 3, symbolizing the revolution, expressed with blood for freedom: ~ guards.

Group words: bare shoulders, light red, red gold, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red. Example: Both cheeks ~ red.

Group words: scarlet, scarlet, borrow scarlet, scarlet clothes, scarlet robes four, the interpretation of the green: 1, black: ~ cloth. ~ line.

2. Green (mostly used for plants) or blue (for the sky): ~ grass. ~ sky.

3. Green grass or unripe crops: step ~. Look at ~.

Group words: frogs, youth, green vegetables, green grass, treading the green five, Dan's interpretation: 1, red: ~ sand (cinnabar) ︱ ~ Gui. 2, one of the dosage forms of Chinese patent medicines.

Group words: Dan Qing, Dan Xin, Dan Edward, Dan Poison, Xiantan.

7. What are the words describing the color of ancient costumes

"Luo Shen Fu" Cao Zhi has:

Cloak Luo Yi's radiant charm Ruoxi, Ur Yao Bi's Huaju.

The light guī (guī) of the yī (yī) Ruoxi, cataracts (yì) repair sleeve to YanZhou.

In ancient times, it was said that the top was a garment, and the bottom was a garment. In the poem "Shi Jing - Name Feng - Green Clothes", there is "Green Clothes, Yellow Clothes".

Bleak green youth - children in light green clothing.

Pink, white and green - women's clothing

Purple ribbons and gold medallions - Ribbons are a symbol of the power of officials in the Han Dynasty, with its sparse textile, length and color of the different signs of the official position of the high and low. Ribbon to purple is the most expensive.

Purple robe and jade belt - Zhu, purple in ancient China had long been regarded as the color of the dress of the noble.

Yellow robe - The yellow robe has always been a symbol of imperial power.

Basically, gray, green, red and black dominate, but of course, Zhu, purple and yellow are more noble.

8. Words that describe colors

Red, that is, light red.

Alias: consort color, Yang Fei color, Xiang Fei color, consort red consort color consort red: ancient with "scarlet", pink. Yang Fei color, Xiang Fei color, pink are synonymous with magenta: lighter than the red red Peach: the color of peach blossoms, slightly brighter than pink color.

Begonia red: light purplish red, deeper than peach, is a very charming and delicate color. Garnet red: the color of the pomegranate flower, high chromaticity and purity of red.

Cherry: bright red Silver red: silver vermilion and pink pigments with the color. Mostly used to describe a glossy variety of red, especially glossy light red.

Dahong: positive red, the red of the three primary colors, the traditional Chinese red, also known as jiangshi 绛紫: purple in a slightly reddish color Scarlet: a brilliant deep red Rouge: 1. the color of rouge used in women's dress up. 2. dark red pigment in Chinese painting 朱红: the color of vermilion, more lively than the big red, also known as lead vermilion, vermilion, danshi dan: the bright red of danshi 彤: ruddy 茜色: xixie grass-dyed color, crimson red Red: the red color of the flame, the red color Hechi: deep red, red.

A general reference to the red color, fire red. Yanhong: bright red Magenta: color orange-red Yan: derived from red.

赤: the color of fire in this sense, i.e. red ò: reddish-red; light reddish-red. Date red: that is, dark red (the color remains the same, it is a change of shades) òtan: light red, light reddish color.

Reddish: darkened red. Flushed: like the red color that appears on the face after drinking wine, generalized to blush Flushed: the appearance of blushing after drinking wine.

Also refers to the red face Yellow Goose yellow: light yellow (the color of the goose's beak, high brightness slightly reddish yellow) Duck yellow: the yellow of the duck's feathers Primrose: light yellow Apricot yellow: the yellow of ripe apricots (more commonly used and have a strong Chinese flavor) Apricot red: a color of ripe apricots reddish Orange yellow: the yellow of mandarin oranges. Orange yellow: same as above.

Tangerine red: the reddish color of citrus peels. Turmeric: the name of Chinese medicine.

Alias yellow ginger. For the rhizome of turmeric, family Zingiberaceae.

It also refers to a person's face being incorrectly colored and yellowish-white Light yellow: light yellow. Orange: a mixture of colors bounded between red and yellow.

Teal: a brownish-orange to light brown that is slightly redder than chestnut Camel: a light yellowish-brown that is slightly redder and lighter than click color, yellower and slightly lighter than cinnamon, and yellower and darker than walnut brown Dusky: describes the sky, lights, etc., as a ghostly yellow Chestnut: the color of chestnut shells. That is, purple-black Brown: the color of brown hair, that is, brown.

1. any color between red and yellow 2. moderately dull and moderately light black. Brownish green: a color of brown in green.

Brown-black: a dark brown color. Brownish red: a reddish brown color.

Brown-yellow: light brown. Ochre: pigment reddish as ochre earth, used by the ancients to decorate their faces Ochre: red, ruddy red.

Amber: brown: yellow-black Dead yellow: dry and scorched Yellow Sumac: a deciduous shrub with yellow-green flowers and leaves that turn red in the fall. The yellow color of the wood can be used as a dye.

Autumn color: 1. Medium often olive brown, it is slightly darker than the general olive brown, and slightly greener. 2. Anciently, autumn is gold, and its color is white, so it refers to the white.

Autumn fragrance color: light olive light yellow-green. Green Tender green: like the light green of the young leaves that have just grown Willow yellow: light yellow like willow buds Willow green: the lime green of willow leaves Bamboo green: the green of bamboo Onion yellow: yellow-green, tender yellow Onion green: 1, light green and slightly yellowish color 2, the grass and trees are verdant green Onion green: light green Onion Qian: green Onion green: green green onion: green green, describing the plants are thick green Oily green: glossy and thick green color.

The above types of green are bright and lovely colors. Green Shen (sink): dark green Bi color: 1, lime green.

2, greenish white, light blue. Turquoise: bright lime green Greenish blue: bright lime blue Emerald color: 1, the lime green of emerald bird feathers.

2, the color of the emerald gemstone Grass green: green and slightly yellow color. Cyan: 1. A class of blues with greenish tints, of medium depth and highly saturated.

3, the original meaning is blue. 4, generally refers to dark green.

5, also refers to black. 6, a color in four-color printing.

2, refers specifically to one of the three complementary colors. Green: bright green Green and white: white and green, especially referring to the face without blood Duck egg green: light greenish gray, very light lime green Crab shell green: dark gray-green Crow green: the color of the crow's feather.

That is, black with a violet-green color. Green: 1, that color in the spectrum between blue and yellow.

2, the original meaning: green with yellow color. 3, derived from black, such as green sideburns: black and shiny sideburns.

Substitute for youthful appearance. Bean green: light yellowish green Bean green: light greenish green Stone green: light grayish green Jade color: the color of jade, elegant light green, light green indistinct: green and slightly white Ai green: the color of mugwort.

Pale green. Pine and cypress green: the deep green of the winter pine and cypress leaves Pine green: also known as "pine flowers", "pine green".

Dark green, dark green. Pine flower color: light yellowish green.

(the color of pine pollen) "Dream of the Red Chamber" refers to the pine flowers with peach for the delicate Blue Blue: one of the three primary colors. Like the color of the sky on a clear day Indigo: also called "indigo".

The blue dye obtained by mixing polygonum leaves with water and lime precipitation. Dark blue-green (indigo, pronounced dian four sound, some places call blue ink "indigo water" or "blue indigo water") Indigo: blue dye obtained from plants (such as indigo or woad plants) Aquamarine: greenish blue Azurite: similar to the color of clear skies Blue: a blue color similar to the color of a clear sky Blue: a bright, vivid blue (in English, RoyalBlue, the royal blue, is the color of choice for the royal family, mostly used in conjunction with a small area of pure yellow (gold).

Blue-gray: a near gray slightly blue dark gray navy blue: blue and nearly black navy blue: blue slightly red Dai: green-black pigment. Ancient women used to draw eyebrows.

Dai Luo: painting or eyebrow painting used by the greenish-black pigment, referring to women's eyebrows charming.

Dai color: green-black color.

Dai green: dark green. Dai Blue: dark blue Dai Purple: dark purple Purple: the color composed of blue and red.

The ancients used purple as the color of auspiciousness. Substitute for things related to the emperor and the palace.

Purple sauce: muddy purple Sauce purple: purple with a slight reddish color Rosewood: the color of sandalwood, also known as ebony ebony color Cyanine Cyanine: a less pure dark purple purple Tong: black red Cyanine: bluish purple Ultramarine: dark blue Snow blue: light blue purple Lilac: the color of lilac, light purple, very delicate and elegant color Lotus root color: light gray and slightly red color Lotus root color: light purple and slightly red color White: pure white, clean white, pure white, pinkish white. Ivory white: milky white Snow white: as white as snow Moon white: light blue Onyx: white Vegetable: white, colorless Acai white: as white as tansy Frost color: the color of white frost.

Flower white: white.

9. Words describing colors

(1). Red - vigor, health, enthusiasm, hope, sun, fire, blood

(2). Orange - excitement, joy, vivacity, flamboyance, gentleness, cheerfulness, lights, autumn colors

(3). Yellow - mild, bright, cheerful, hopeful, golden

(4). Green - youth, peace, vigor

(5). Green - hope, strength, solemnity

(6). Blue - showy white, fresh, serene, calm, eternal, sensible, far-reaching, ocean, sky, water

(7). Purple - noble, typical, magnificent, elegant, mysterious, lilac, rose

(8). Brown - serious, mellow, warm

(9). White - pure, sacred, refreshing, clean, hygienic, bright, snow, clouds

(10). Gray - calm, steady, simple

(11). Black - mysterious, silent, sad, serious, robust, terrifying, steady, night

(12). Gold - glorious, gorgeous, brilliant bright red gives a person a passionate, positive emotional response but at the same time can also give a person a dangerous psychological response, used to attract the audience's attraction is very effective. So when we deal with some *** high news information, we can be accompanied by the red color to match the communication, but in the West, the red color is often associated with fear, bloodshed and ***.

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