语言是文化的载体,词汇作为语言的一个要素自然与文化密不可分。作为语言的一个组成部分,颜色词(color-words)的使用非常普遍。英汉两种语言在其漫长的发展过程中涌现了许许多多表示颜色的词语,但由于这两种截然不同的文化对各种颜色有着不同的感知,对颜色的联想意义更为丰富多彩,从而使颜色词也不可避免地打上各自民族文化的烙印。要想掌握和理解英汉颜色词的差异,必须了解颜色词本身所承载的深层文化内 Language is the carrier of culture. Vocabulary as an element of language is inextricably linked with culture. As an integral part of the language, the use of color-words is very common. As the two languages ​​of English and Chinese emerged in their long process of development, there are many words that represent colors. However, as these two distinct cultures have different perceptions of various colors, they are more colorful and meaningful to colors. Color words are inevitably marked with their own national culture mark. In order to grasp and understand the differences between English and Chinese color words, we must understand the deep culture inherent in the color words themselves