This thesis chooses Chinese idioms as the basis of the researching of color words.It uses the synchronic and diachronic views to study the source of color words.

• 我们选择身为历史产物的成语作为研究色彩词的平台，从成语中出现的色彩词出发，结合历时与共时的观点，对色彩词进行追本溯源，贯通古今的研究。