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The Differences of Color Expressions Between Chinese and Western Cultures Abstract: Language is the carrier of culture, whereas culture finds a better representation through language use. As we all know, every nation has its own unique language and culture, which is expressed through vocabulary. Vocabulary is a basic factor for language; therefore this paper selects one aspect of vocabulary, that is, color expressions. However, because of various language and culture, historical background, religious belief, mode of thinking, aesthetic temperament and interest, different nations have different color expressions. In this sense, the associative meaning produced by color expressions has nothing in common with each other between Chinese and Westerns. Through the comparison of different color expressions between Chinese and Westerns, this paper aims to explore the concrete manifestations, and then regularly exposes the roots of different color expressions. Keywords: Comparison; Color; Root Introduction: Culture is a way of life of a group of people, the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept generally and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. The culture of a group of people is reflected through the use of a language, especially in its vocabulary, such as color expressions. As color expressions are one aspect of culture, hence through the comparison of different color expressions, wee can find out the differences between Chinese and Westerns. The research of basic color words has a fruitful achievement abroad. There is a common sense: Color words are the most basic category of cognition. In terms with the cognition of color words, two versions have been developed ----------a strong version and a weak version. The strong version of the theory emphasizes the decisive role of language as the shaper of our thinking patterns; the weak version, however, is a theory, suggesting that there is a correlation betwee