People think different colors have different meanings. They think some colors can bring them good luck. In Chinese culture, there are some lucky colors. Here are the top three of them．

Red—Happiness, Success and Good Fortune (命运)

Red represents (代表) fire and is the most popular color in China. It stands for happiness, beauty, good luck, success and good fortune.

Red is popular with Chinese people and it is widely used during festivals and important events like weddings.

Red things are common in our everyday life. We can see red lanterns, red paper cuttings and so on. People wear red clothes during weddings, festivals and other ceremonies. Red envelopes (信封) are filled with money and given as gifts during Chinese New Year．

Yellow—Royalty and Power of the Throne

In Chinese culture, yellow stands for royalty and is usually used for the emperor．

The first Emperor of China was known as Yellow Emperor. China was often regarded as “Yellow Earth”, and its mother river is Yellow River．

Green—Money and Wealth

Green is a color which has many meanings such as wealth, hope and growth. Green also stands for pure and clean．

Banks and restaurants are often painted in green. Packaging for some produce is often in green in order to show that the food is not polluted．

One day, three white mice（老鼠） are playing on a white desk. They see three jars of paint (三罐颜料 ). 【小题1】

They get into the paint. Then, one mouse is red. 【小题2】 And one mouse (老鼠) is blue. They drip (滴下) the paint onto the desk.

【小题3】 “Look!” he says. “Red and yellow can make (变成) orange!” The yellow mouse walks into a blue puddle (走进颜料坑) and dances. “Wow!” he says. “【小题4】”.

Then the blue mouse walks into a red puddle and dances. “Purple!” they all say. “【小题5】”