Colour Imagery Flashcards
1
Q
What colour are the Handmaids?
A
Red
2
Q
What does red represent?
A
-Fertility of young women
-Menstrual blood -> also fertility OR failure to conceive and thus the uselessness of the handmaids
3
Q
What colour are the commanders?
A
Black
4
Q
What does black represent?
A
-Foreboding
-Domination
5
Q
What colour are young girls?
A
White
6
Q
What does white represent?
A
-Virginity
-Purity
7
Q
What colour are the wives?
A
Blue
8
Q
What does blue represent?
A
-Royal colour —> high place in society
-Purity —> Virgin Mary wore blue
-Cold and standoffish attitude of the wives
