Color Metaphor in Jacques Prévert’s Works

The article examines the stylistic and semantic features of color metaphors present in the texts of the famous French poet Jacques Prévert. The main method of this study is the linguo-stylistic and linguo-culturological analysis of the text: this method will allow us to identify both the specific, authorial connotations possessed by color meanings in the works of Prévert, and elements of the meanings traditionally attributed to them in European culture. We put under analysis poetic and prose works from the collections "Choses et autres" ("Things and others", 1972), "Fatras" ("Jumble", 1966), "Grand Bal du Printemps" ("Big Spring Ball", 1951), "Histoires et d’autres histoires" ("Stories and more stories", 1946), "La cinquième saison" ("The Fifth Season", 1984), "La pluie et le beau temps" ("Rain and Bucket", 1955), "Paroles" ("Words", 1946) and "Soleil de nuit" ("Night Sun", 1980). Particular attention is paid to combinations of color metaphors with other sensory metaphors, primarily sound metaphors. The study results in a conclusion that Jacques Prévert used stylistic and semantic specificity of metaphors based on a particular color designation within specific contexts.