颜色当然不单只是颜色，它带有感情色彩，引申出各种意味。今天我们就来看看几种常见颜色在英语中的内涵和意义。
►1.（人的脸色等）发灰的，紫的；（动物的毛皮）青灰色的She turned blue with fear. Lily's face was blue with cold.
►2. blue in the face（因情绪激动而）脸上发紫，（气得）说不出话来；恼怒I argued with them until I was blue in the face.
She is proud of her blue blood.
Black resentment filled his heart.She was black with anger.
He is a black-hearted villain.
He has got a black mark for being late.
►4. (咖啡、茶) 不加牛奶或奶油的A cup of black tea or black coffee contains no calories.
I have a stomachache because I ate a green pear yesterday.
►2.无经验的，没有受过训练的，幼稚的She is still green at this job.
You look green, what's wrong with you?
green-eyed monster 妒忌心强的人Carl has really been bitten by the green-eyed monster; he gets jealous if his wife so much as talks to another man.卡尔简直中了绿眼妖魔的毒，老婆跟人说句话，他都妒忌得要死。
►5. green fingers 园艺高超She has unbelievably green fingers, she can grow anything.
►6. greenback 美钞，因为美元是绿色的
►1.(指脸)（因羞愧、愤怒等）涨红的
►4. in the red 赤字、亏空、负债What with all those car repairs, we're going to be in the red this month.
►5. seeing red 火冒三丈Whenever I think of the needless destruction of trees, I see red.每次我一想到那些无缘无故被砍伐的树木，我就火冒三丈。
►6. red eye 红眼航班、夜间航班A red-eye flight is any flight departing late at night and arriving early the next morning.
We must get rid of the red tape in the government offices.
►1. 空的，没有写过字（或没有印刷过的）clean white margins 干净的页边空白处
►3. white elephant 昂贵却无用的东西（表不满）The venture has been widely dismissed as a $264 million white elephant.
►4. whitewash 粉饰、洗白Don’t lie or try to whitewash facts.
►5. white list 白名单，相对于黑名单，是获得批准的人物或事物名单
►6. white sale (床单、枕套等)白色织品的廉价出售
He is a yellow-bellied guy; don't send him on such a tough assignment!
►2.(报刊等)采用耸人听闻手法作低级渲染的、不负责任的报道yellow press / journalism 黄色新闻编辑作风
►1. purple prose 华丽的文章Purple prose is the name given to writing that’s just too flowery and too melodramatic for its own good.人们用Purple prose来形容那些辞藻过于华丽、风格太过浮夸的文章。
►2. born to the purple 出身贵族、王室
