  We measure the intrinsic alignments of the blue and the red galaxies
separately by analyzing the spectroscopic data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Data Release 6 (SDSS DR6). For both samples of the red and the blue galaxies
with axial ratios of b/a <= 0.8, we detect a 3 sigma signal of the ellipticity
correlation in the redshift range of 0 <= z <= 0.4 for r-band absolute (model)
magnitude cut of M_r <= -19.2 (no K correction). We note a difference in the
strength and the distance scale for the red and the blue galaxy correlation
eta_{2D}(r): For the bright blue galaxies, it behaves as a quadratic scaling of
the linear density correlation of xi(r) as eta_{2D}(r) proportional to
xi^{2}(r) with strong signal detected only at small distance bin of r <= 3
Mpc/h. While for the bright red galaxies it follows a linear scaling as
eta_{2D}(r) proportional to xi(r) with signals detected at larger distance out
to r~6 Mpc/h. We also test whether the detected correlation signal is intrinsic
or spurious by quantifying the systematic error and find that the effect of the
systematic error on the ellipticity correlation is negligible. It is finally
concluded that our results will be useful for the weak lensing measurements as
well as the understanding of the large scale structure formation.
