Problems of colouronym research in modern Russian language

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of research of the nominative units with the semantics of colour in modern Russian language. The modern scientific paradigm suggests an integrative approach to the study of the colour category. The aspects of the research of the colour terms, as linguocultural, ethnolinguistic, psy- cholinguistic and cognitive are the most relevant at present time. Examples of the use of terms for the lexical units naming colours, types of colour naming combination were studied. The classification and composition of colour vocabulary, its semantic features were considered as well. The authors of the article provide an overview of linguistic studies of the nominative units with the semantics of colour and give assessment to the current state of the problem.