Language palette as the reflection of features of mentality of the people: white and black in Russian, English and German phraseology

The article deals with the phraseological units of the Russian, English and German languages having the semantics of color. The author analyzes similarities and distinctions, draws parallels and does a conclusion about interrelation and symbolical character of color perception of the various people and their national characters.

archetype, color perception of the world, ethnocultural, language perception of the world, semantic implied sense, associative communication, national character