English colour words, though very small in number, reflect to a great extent the different cultural connotations of different languages. This paper gives quite a few idiomatic usages,and translation examples of some colour words and illustrates the importance of a clear understanding of cultural-loaded words in translation practice. English color words, though very small in number, reflect to a great extent the different cultural connotations of different languages. This paper gives quite a few idiomatic usages, and translation examples of some color words and illustrated the importance of a clear understanding of cultural- loaded words in translation practice.