Colour Implication in English and Arabic Religious Texts A Contrastive Study

Colours are important concepts in linguistics and in human life in general. In addition to their various senses and associations, colours affect human sensation, feeling, and mood. Such associations, senses, and effects vary with the variation of context, culture, surrounding environment and other factors. The study aims to find out implementations of colours in the Holy Bible and the Glorious Quran, their meanings, connotations, the effect of context on such connotations in English and Arabic as well as the purposes behind using colours in these texts. Moreover, it aims to reveal the similarities and differences between these religious texts concerning the use of colours.The most important conclusions the study arrives at are: basic colour terms are similar in both English and Arabic. Although there are cultural differences between English and Arabic, there are certain similarities concerning colour connotations, meanings and uses.