Abstract:
The proposed article deals with the use of color names and their foundations in the function of anthroponyms. The ethno-uniqueness of the Ukrainian surnames is that, having emerged under the influence of certain conditions, anthroponomists embody specific information about the material and spiritual life of a particular nation, directly or indirectly represent the role played by a person in society, reflecting its physical characteristics and moral qualities, demonstrating the sub The human person's relation to man and man to the world. By accumulating the material, cultural, historical experience of the social environment, anthroponyms serve as a kind of encyclopedia of folk life. As a result of the research, it was established that modern Ukrainian surnames, motivated by the names of colors, presented by the anthropological foundations, are both actually Ukrainian and borrowed formations. Such nominations represent a large volume and a very varied structure and meaning of the lexical layer of the Ukrainian language, which is characterized by historically determined specific features. Dominant in the creation of Ukrainian surnames are the designation of white, black, red (and its shades), gray (and its shades) and green colors. Limited number of surnames, which include peripheral names of colors, indicates that most of their names were formed at that stage of development of society, when the natural, pure dyes prevailed.
