Keyword: «color-meaning lexicon»

Particular interest in this topic was aroused at the beginning of the XX century due to the emergence of symbolists who expressed their thoughts and feelings with the help of color writing. The question of the role of the use of vocabulary with the meaning of color in works of art remains relevant today. The article deals with the peculiarities of the functioning of color-meaning vocabulary in the Russian literature, in particular, briefly presents the analysis of the use of adjectives with the designation of color in the works of A. Chekhov.