UK and US: differences in colours

1. Colours and their
associations:
UK and US
Autor: Prof. Paola Valeria Baravalle
Especialización docente en Educación y TIC

2. Red
• Danger
• Romantic love
• Sexual desire
• Embarrasment

3. Navy-Blue
• used by sailors and
police-officers
• the colour of the
Conservative party in the UK
• a blue-collar worker works
in a factory in the US

4. Green
• nature
• someone who is young

5. Purple
• Kings, Queens and the
Pope dress in purple

6. Pink
• used by women and girls
in the UK, US and many
other countries

7. Grey (BrE)
Gray(AmE)
• It is a common colour
for both women and men

8. Black
•Death, witches, black magic and
evils,
• used in funerals,
• in the UK and US popular colour
for clothes of all types

9. White
• Purity/Virginity
• A white-collar worker
works in an office/bank
in the US

10. CreditsImages:
Red:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSuI0yvgUeg0PZ6tq2vwXKBbGDiEMTIjhxaJLrHECjBdihioOL3
Blue:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/US_Navy_070422-N-0000X-
001_Navy_file_photo_of_U.S._Navy_Blue_Angels_Flight_Demonstration_pilot%2C_Lcdr._Kevin_Davis%2C_a_native_of_Pittsfield
%2C_Mass.jpg
Green:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Forest_nature_reserve_Grady_nad_Moszczenica2,_Poland,_6_May_2006.JPG
Black:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVAQ9AQXl5DEswPXGg9-A2fAVhHvCpAhhFqQMIIF6NS1VDgyu2
Pink:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNatqxYIwjRYveCe2Eygp0Gz7iHlmg5S_1UfDL3RaIH4xv3nSqsw
White:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeo_Batoni_-_Purity_of_Heart_-_1752.jpg
Purple:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Um_pouco_de_cultura_%C3%A9_uma_coisa_perigosa_-_Alexander_Pope.png
Texts from: Longman Dictionary of Language and Culture, 2012
Colours and their assosiations: United Kingdom and USA by Paola V. Baravalle is licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento-
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