International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Том 10. 2003. С. 203-220
This article compares and analyzes the frequency of using different synonyms in color description by Russian and Chinese phraseological units. Contrastive study of phraseological units with color components «black» and «purple» in Russian and Chinese was conducted in the article. The article makes it possible to understand the similarities and differences between the two languages and their characteristics.