Abstract:
The present article deals with a lexical-semantic analysis of phraseological units related to somatic chromonymy (UFCS). The associations between the terms naming a body part and different chromatic terms lead to a tangible representation, but, in most cases, they only have a figurative meaning, as a result of some metaphorical and metonymic mechanisms. At the base of these phraseological units, there is a motivation that consists of the analogy or correlation between color and the psychological manifestations of emotions, just as, for others, there is a cultural motivation.
