Brown nose to avoid the pinkslip?

During this trying times one may wonder if brown nosing can help one avoid the pink slip. Well if you think this article is about how to avoid being fired, no this is not the place. But I got your attention. Didn't I?

This is a listing about how common place is color associated in the corporate lingo. Here are few examples:
Blueprint
White wash
White knight
Pink slip
Brown nose
Brown bag
Red flag
Red herring
Green signal
Go green
Black mail
Black and white thinking
Gray thinking
Silver bullet
Golden parachute
Purple blood