Abstract
The history of color words has gone through a long-term change; now the color words not only express the color, but also imply the cultural factors of each country, different cultures can reflect one country’s history, aesthetic taste and national psychology.
This article aims to probe into and analyze the cultural factors for the differences between Chinese and English color words. First, it gives the definition of color words and shows the importance of the analysis in the exchange between Chinese and English culture in color words; second, it makes a brief comparison of some typical cultural lorded color words expressions between English and Chinese; third, it makes an analysis of the reasons for different culture connotation between English-Chinese color words in three aspects: natural environments and historical backgrounds, literatures and arts, political backgrounds and religious beliefs；Finally, it ends up with a conclusion that the colors are closely connected to human life and have not only physical natures but also rich cultural connotations.
Key words: color words；Chinese culture；English culture；Cultural differences
Contents
Abstract I
Contents I
Introduction 1
1. Literature Review 1
2. The Differences between English-Chinese Color Words 1
3. Different Culture between English and Chinese Color Words 4
3.1 Natural Environments 4
3.2 Historical Backgrounds 5
3.3 Literatures and Arts 5
3.4 Political Backgrounds 6
3.5 Religious Beliefs 7
4. Conclusion 8
References 9
Acknowledgements 10
