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white symbolizes brightness and classifies it as a standard color, representing the nature of purity, brightness and fullness. Yellow is the center of colors, symbolizing the color of the earth. In China, there is a saying, “Yellow generates Yin and Yang,” regarding yellow as the center of all colors. Yellow is the orthodox color positioned in the center and the color of neutrality. It is placed above the color brown and regarded as the most beautiful color of all. In 211 B. C., Qin Shi Huang unified China. He still followed his ancestors’ traditions by observing objects and deciding symbols. He distinguished black from white, respected the virtue of water and “decided that October was the beginning of winter and its color was a superior black.” When Qin Shi Huang ascended to the throne, “the color of the clothing and flags was black.” Since the Qin dynasty, colors gradually assumed a decorative function and became rich and colorful. Throughout the Han Dynasty, yellow became the special symbolic color of the royal court because of its brilliance, and its shade was close to the golden color. Ordinary people were not allowed to wear yellow clothes. Usually, people regarded the other colors as the inferior colors. During the Han Dynasty, bright purple was regarded as an extremely precious and rare color. In the Tang dynasty, the color of purple was used in the clothing of officials ranking. Royal court members were fond of the purple color. Purple borders were considered elegant. During the pre-Qin period, the symbolic meanings of color words started to show a tendency towards diversification. In order to support the Zhou Dynasty's ceremonial observances, Confucius defined the colors of yellow, greenish blue, white, red and black as the standard colors and superior colors. He related the five colors to benevolence, virtue and kindness and incorporated them into the formal ceremonies. During the Zhou Dynasty, the color of red was worshipped. Lao Zi, on the other hand, said that “five colors make people blind,” so the Dao School chose black as the symbol of the Dao. During that period of time, the symbolic meanings of color words were widely incorporated into the naming of seasons and directions. Each season was given a color and a direction. Spring was represented by greenish blue sun, its main guardian god was a green-blue dragon, and its direction was east. Summer was represented by reddish brightness, guarded by a red sparrow, and its direction was south. Autumn was represented by white, guarded by a white tiger, and its direction was west. Winter was represented by black, guarded by a black tortoise, and its direction was north. Chinese cultures were affected by the development of feudal society in the past several thousand years. Education and science lag behind relatively, so the symbolic meanings of the color words have strong mystery flavor in Chinese culture. The development of the objective things are affected by Chinese cultures largely. The symbolic meanings of color words are very abundant in Chinese culture, for example, the color of red comes from the sun in Chinese culture. Our ancestor has a kind of instinctive attachment and worships to the sunshine, and red stands for joyous and lucky. For white, in mankind initial stage, our ancestor is small, weak and unable. It is hard to live in daylight; our ancestor must face wild animal attack. Therefore the color of white has a kind of instinctive frightened sense. White b