四、还原信息(2022 抚顺改编)
Yuebai(月白), qilan(窃蓝)and shuiqing(石青)... 1.
D
It's how ancient Chinese people talked about different kinds of blue — light or deep. Yuebai is not white. It's a kind of blue close to the colour of the moonlight.
Ancient Chinese people divided colours into basic colours and mixed colours. There were five basic colours: blue, red, yellow, white and black. 2.
E
For example, mixing yellow and blue gets green. Thousands of colours came in this way.
Colours have special meanings in Chinese culture. 3.
F
For example, yellow stood for power. And officials of different ranks(级别)wore clothes with different colours. Only officials of the top three ranks could wear purple clothes. 4.
C
In fact, many beautiful colour names come from famous works. For example, dong fang jibai is a light blue colour. 5.
B
The blue colour describes the colour of the sky before the sun rises. The pink colour taoyao comes from The Book of Poetry(《诗经》). This colour describes blooming peach trees(盛开的桃树). Sounds beautiful, right?