Question

comment on the use of colour imagery in the extract - all summer in a day by Ray bradbury​

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Explanation:

I'm not sure what "extract" you are referring to, but part of Bradbury's strategy in the story is to highlight the "otherworldliness" of Venus and contrast this with the behavior of the human children. Among other things, Bradbury's use of color underlines the differences between Venus and Earth and highlights the beauty of the sun. One example of this contrast comes in the description of the jungle on Venus: it is the "color of rubber and ash...the color of stones and white cheeses and ink." There is something unwholesome about the jungle—these colors don't suggest a place of great beauty, but a place washed free of color by the endless rain, worn out by the monotony of the rain, in the same way Margot herself has had the blue washed from her eyes and the red from her mouth.

Of course, the children are dazzled by the intense yellow and blue of the sun and sky when it does finally come out. The colors make everything seem new and alive.