What should I name a table that maps two tables together? [closed]

Answer 1

I've also heard the term Associative table used.

a name for your table might be ColorShapeAssociations meaning that each row represents an association between that color and that shape. The existence of a row implies that the color comes in that shape, and that the shape comes in that color. All rows with a specific color would be the set of all shapes the color is associated with, and the rows for a specific shape would be the set of all colors that shape came in...