The different culture of color between west and east
Red
For example, in the festivals and the weddings, people often put on red antithetical couplet （对联）,red lantern （灯笼）,red word “fortune”（贴福字）and red word “happy” （贴喜字）.ν In China, red is a color which represent lucky and joyous νEast West In America, red is a color which represent blood and fire For example, the red battle（血战）, red vengeance（血腥暴动）, red ruin（火灾）, red ink （赤字）and red flag（使人生气的事）.
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Blue
East In China, blue is a color which represent further and eternal. For example, Chinese think the sky is blue and we regard blue as a color which can show our respect to the sky. And the blue blood（名门望族）.
West In America, blue is a color which represent pornographic things. For example, the blue movie and the blue novels.
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Yellow
East In China, yellow is a color which represent power and money. For example, the empires often wear yellow clothes with golden line and big dragon.
West In America, yellow is a color which represent envy and cowardly. For example, yellow belly（胆小鬼）, yellow journalism （恣意煽情的传媒）.
Yellow
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White
For example, the bride often wear white clothes to show her pure. And the word “a
white hope（被寄予最大希望）”.λ In America, white is a color which represent pure, clean and angel. λWest λFor examp le, in the festivals, people don’t like to put on white things to avoid unlucky. λ In china, white is a color which represent unlucky. λEast λ
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Black
• East • West • In China, black is • In America, black a color which is a color wh ich represent serious represent fashion and terror. and crisis. • For example, • For example, one people often wear day in America black clothes in called “Black Friday”. funeral rites（葬礼）.
Black
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Open your eyes:
Today, more and more meanings of the colors are the same in eastern countries and in western countries because much culture of east flow into west and much culture of west flow into east and they are becoming mixing together.♣
--by 付瑶♣Thank you ♣
