What do colours mean?
Colours have different (1)
meanings
in different cultures. Here in China, red usually means happiness or (2)
good luck
. That is why women wear red dresses at their weddings! Red is not only a big part of Chinese wedding (3)
fashion
. Some people also wear red to (4)
celebrate
the Spring Festival. However, in many Western countries, red is a (5)
symbol
of love, anger or excitement.
What about blue? In Japanese culture, people often feel (6)
calm
when they see blue. But in the USA, blue is the colour of sadness. When Americans are sad, they often say they are feeling blue. Isn’t that interesting?
Another (7)
example
is white. In India, white represents sadness and (8)
respect
for the dead. In the UK, however, women traditionally wear white dresses when they get married because it shows new beginnings and happiness.
