Research on Chinese and English Color Words under Cross-cultural Background

In human's language, there are many color words, which are frequently used in communication, thus they are endowed with rich emotional coloring and cultural connotation. There are abundant color terms in English and Chinese language. However, due to different cultural background and history of China and English speaking countries, the same color word has different symbolic meanings. This paper researches different symbolic meanings of several color words and analyzes differences between Chinese and western culture to promote cross-cultural communication.