中国传统色彩体系承载着千年文明的审美基因与文化密码，从“天玄地黄”的宇宙观到“五色配位”的哲学思想， 形成了独具东方特质的色彩话语。当代插画作为视觉传播的重要载体，为传统色彩的传承与创新提供了多元路径。本文以文 化传承为核心视角，梳理传统色彩的文化内涵与当代价值，重点剖析其在当代插画中的符号化提炼、技法性转译、数字化重 构三种核心表现手法，结合优秀创作案例与教学实践，探讨传统色彩元素与当代插画语言的融合路径，为传统文化在视觉艺 术领域的活态传承提供理论参考与实践启示。

China's traditional color system carries the aesthetic genes and cultural codes of a millennia-old civilization. From the cosmology of "celestial black and earthly yellow" to the philosophical concept of "five-color coordination," it has formed a unique Eastern discourse on color. As an important medium for visual communication, contemporary illustration provides diverse pathways for the inheritance and innovation of traditional colors. This paper, with cultural inheritance as its core perspective, explores the cultural connotations and contemporary values of traditional colors. It focuses on analyzing three core expressive techniques in contemporary illustration: symbolic refinement, technical translation, and digital reconstruction. By combining exemplary creative cases and teaching practices, the paper discusses the integration paths between traditional color elements and contemporary illustration language, offering theoretical references and practical insights for the living inheritance of traditional culture in the field of visual arts.