Talk:Color in Chinese culture

Latest comment: 9 months ago by Remsense in topic yellow Asians

Inconsistency in describing White

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From the article:

"White, corresponding with metal, represents gold and symbolizes brightness, purity, and fulfillment.

White is also the color of mourning. Unlike the Western meanings of purity, chastity, holiness and cleanliness..."

So it symbolizes purity but not purity? This needs clearing up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.37.54.22 (talk) 13:06, 10 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

The common word for gold in mandarin is 金, metal and gold are both 金 174.89.173.224 (talk) 07:17, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply


Possible prank

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Is the word "grue" real? It seems like a prank. It's not listed as being associated with China on a Google search. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.110.194.168 (talk) 19:55, 13 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Colour?

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Shouldn't it be Colour in Chinese culture? Missed out the U.122.206.84.33 (talk) 12:57, 18 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

The spelling color is correct in American English where as colour is British English. See: American and British English spelling differences. As per the guidelines at MOS:ENGVAR and WP:SPELLING, this article should remain color. Rincewind42 (talk) 05:01, 19 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Orange

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To add to this article: how the color orange was named in Chinese history. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 06:01, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Chinese Red & Green painted houses

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I heard its for good luck and protection? Longevity?

~~Ted~~ 2607:FEA8:483:8E00:E449:C258:32CD:3933 (talk) 17:08, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

yellow Asians

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Not sure yet how to add this to the article.

This article says yellow in Chinese culture "is considered the most beautiful and prestigious color", but yellow also sometimes refers to Chinese people (or Asians in general), although the usage may be outdated and may not be politically correct. Examples:

--173.67.42.107 (talk) 22:36, 24 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Scholarly citations would be what I would need to adequately verify claims for this in this article. Remsense 02:53, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply