 China and Japan : death, mourning  India : rebirth, resurrection  England : leisure, sports, peace  Eastern countries : funerals, helpful people, children, mourning, autumn  Western countries : brides, angels, good guys, hospitals, doctors, peace

 China : stability, water, life  Thailand : bad luck, unhappiness, evil  Japan: night, mystery, anger  Eastern countries : career, evil, knowledge, mourning, penance  Western countries : funerals, death, Halloween (with orange), bad guys, rebellion

 China : a man's wife is cheating on him (hat), desirability  Great Britain : environment, quality  Japan : life, hi-tech  Australia : craftsmanship  Egypt : fertility, vegetation

 Thailand : mourning, widows  Most Eastern countries : wealth  The USA : nobility, law  Brazil : mourning  Most Western countries : power, nobility, luxury, elegance

 China : good luck, celebration, summoning  Hebrew : sacrifice, sin  India : purity  Russia : beauty, happiness  Western Europe and the USA: excitement, passion, sex

 The USA : happiness, sun, summer  China : nourishing, royalty  Egypt : mourning  Japan : courage  Spain : treason

 Russia: hope, purity, peace, masculinity  China : immortality  Iran, Korea : mourning  Egypt : truth, justice, virtue  The USA : philosophy, soothing

 The USA : money  Latin America : pirates, riches  Great Britain : royalty  France : decoration, light  Russia : aristocracy, riches

 Western counties : love, babies, especially female babies, Valentine's Day  India : happiness, hope  Japan : spring, femininity, youth  Turkey : birds  Latin America : buildings

 Western countries : wholesome, earthy, dependable, steadfast, health  Eastern countries : wealth, prestige

 Eastern countries : helpers, travel  Western countries : boredom, dullness, sadness, strength, wisdom

blackblue black-butter  A British or Italian black eye becomes blue in Germany, purple in Spain, and the French add some butter to make it a black-butter eye. blackblue greenblue black  If English hooligans beat you black and blue, you will notice that the German ones prefer beating you green and blue, while the Italian make you a plain black. black  If English people are quite glad to be invited to a black tie party, because of the glamour it involves, Italians are less enthused at the idea because the kind of party where you wear a black tie involves a coffin, too.

white whitewhite  For the Italians a person with rare qualities is a white fly while for the Spanish the same person is white blackbird, in Russia – white craw.  Bluegreen  Blue jokes turn green in Spain. green yellow  Your English, French, Italian neighbors are green with envy because of your beautiful garden, while the German one is yellow. greengreen green  If you have a garden it probably means that you have green fingers (UK), green hands (German) or a green thumb (Italy). white  In France you are as white as a sheet, in Italy as a cloth, in Germany as chalk or as the wall. white  A white night is sleepless in French, Italian and Spanish, but not in English.

jet-black blackblack black  In France and Britain something is jet-black or black like coal, in Germany it’s black like the night and in Italy it’s black like ebony or like sin, in Spain it’s black like coal tit. redyellow  While the egg-white is the same everywhere, the yolk can be red (Italy), or yellow (the others).  Redblack  Red wine turns to black when in Italy, and it is simply colored in Spain. green bluewhite  When they are scared the French are green with fear, while the Italians are blue or white.

blackwhite  When hitting the bull’s eye, the Germans hit the black while the Spaniards hit the white. amber yellow orange  The middle traffic light is amber in Britain, yellow in Italy, Germany and Spain and orange in France.  Goldfish  Goldfish are simply red fish for Italians and the French. Blue  The Blue Prince in the meaning of how charming is Prince is used in Italy and Spain.