本文梳理、分析了美国南方女作家奥康纳独特的艺术表现手法——颜色意象,并探讨这些颜色的内涵。作者这样选择在塑造人物形象的同时大量使用色彩来做比喻,不仅揭示了作者与宗教的渊源,而且折射出现代社会的种种弊端,尤其是信仰危机和价值危机,从而客观上起到了警世的作用。 This article combs and analyzes the unique artistic expression of the southern American female writer O’Connor - the color image and explores the connotation of these colors. The author’s choice of figuring out figures in a large number of colors while using them as a metaphor not only reveals the origin of the author and religion, but also reflects all the drawbacks of modern society, especially the crisis of belief and value, which objectively serves as a warning sign .