Colour symbolism

Quote

Character

Chapter

“Everything except the wings around my face is red: the colour of blood, which defines us.”

Offred

2

“The white wings too are prescribed issue; they are to keep us from seeing, but also from being seen.”

Offred

2

“I never looked good in red, it’s not my colour.”

Offred

2

“a distorted shadow, a parody of something, some fairy-tale figure in a red cloak, descending towards a moment of carelessness that is the same as danger.

A Sister, dipped in blood.”

Offred

2

“a shape, red with white wings around the face, a shape like mine, a nondescript woman in red carrying a basket.”

Offred

4

“I move my hips a little, feeling the full red skirt sway around me.”

Offred

4

“We sit on our benches, facing one another, as we are transported; we’re without emotion now, almost without feeling, we might be bundles of red cloth.”

Offred

21

“their mouths too red, too wet, blood-dipped and glistening; or, on the other hand, too clownish.”

Offred

37

“Beneath the hems of the dresses the feet dangle, two pairs of red shoes, one pair of blue... They look arranged. They look like show biz.”

Offred

43