色彩的运用在电影艺术中是不可或缺的重要部分,具有举足轻重的地位,它在电影里承担着渲染画面,强化空间,表达影片主题的功能。色彩作为视听语言的一种,在影片中的运用深刻体现了导演的个性化和主观倾向,在张艺谋的电影里他一反红色在中国传统文化的喜庆意义,用另类的“红色”诠释影片里的悲剧主题。本文将以电影《大红灯笼高高挂》与《红高粱》中的女性形象为依托通过色彩在电影中运用的寓意来试析张艺谋所赋予的两种不同含义的“中国红”。 The use of color is an integral part of the art of cinema and plays a decisive role in the film. It undertakes the function of rendering the picture, strengthening the space and expressing the theme of the film. As a kind of audio-visual language, the use of color profoundly reflects the director’s individuality and subjective tendencies. In Zhang Yimou’s film, he flirts with the festive significance of red in traditional Chinese culture and uses alternative “red” The tragedy theme in the movie. This article attempts to analyze the “Red China” with two different meanings ascribed by Zhang Yimou, based on the images of women in the movies “Raise the Red Lanterns” and “Red Sorghum.”