Funkcje barw w powieści Bambino Ingi Iwasiów

The aim of this paper is to isolate and characterize linguistic expressions with components of color names contained in the novel Bambino by Inga Iwasiów. In the article is used a linguistic and stylistic method of analysis literary texts. It should fi rst be noted that in the novel there is no a lot of color names. The most common color name is red (27x), then – white (25x), grey (17x), black (12x) and green (10x). Other names of the colors have been used less than ten times. In the novel Bambino names of colors were used – mostly – in the contexts established in the Polish culture. The key word is the gray color which takes particular importance in the analyzed novel. Other colors – even appearing occasionally – are important for the creation of the world presented in the novel.