BLUE/ 蓝色

WHITE/ 白色

BLACK/ 黑色

PURPLE/ 紫色

Connotations ① erotic, sensual, base e.g. blue video; blue talk ② depressed e.g. holiday blue; a blue Monday ③ nobility e.g. blue blood ④ others hardly categorized e.g. out of blue; once in a blue; Connotations Connotations all‘s happy, blue ① funeral, sadness ① drink pure,till bright, cleanness e.g. 红白喜事 ② failure, unvalued, foolish e.g. whit soul; a white e.g. 白干，白旗，白搭，白 wedding 痴 ② faithful, honest ③ tricky, crafty e.g. a white spirit; white hand e.g. 白脸 white man ③ good luck, fortune ④ politically reactionary e.g. a white day; e.g.: 白专道路，白匪 days marked with a white stone ④ legal, no harmful Connotations Connotations e.g. white market; white list ① sadness, funeral ① death, disaster, unfortunate a white lit e.g. 葬礼上所佩带的黑纱 e.g.: Black Mass; black world ② serious, solemn black death e.g. “黑脸”包公 ② evil, crimes ③ secretly, tricky e.g. black deed; Black Man e.g. 黑幕，黑名单 black guard; B-hands ④ illegal, crimes, evil ③ angry, depressed e.g. 黑手，黑店，黑市，黑 e.g. black dog; a black look 货 Connotations Connotations ① nobility, dignity ① nobility, dignity e.g. 紫气东来，紫禁城 e.g. be born in the purple; marry in the purple; be raised to the purple

Few connotations