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1 discuss the Chinese and American cultural perceptions of color. What do Americans associate with the following?(black white red pink blue)。以黑色、白色、粉红色和蓝色为例谈论下中美关于颜色的文化差异理解。黑色：Both in America and in China，The color black is used in the funeral ceremony. It has the meaning of death, so people will not want to see it in some special days.The difference is it means justice, such as 包公 in our country, inAmerica black means surprise, such as “black horse”.在中国和美国，黑色经常被用在葬礼上。它意味着死亡，因此在某些特别的日子人们不希望看到它。不同之处是在中国有时候它代表正义，如包公。在美国，它代表惊奇，如黑马。白色：In western culture, white is mainly concerned with positive mea