The Excavation of the Archaeological Value of Dunhuang Mural Elements has Injected New Vitality into the Research of Modern Animation Image Color Narrative

In order to further analyze the archaeological elements in Dunhuang murals, this paper takes the color, structure and material in Mogao Grottoes as an example. A high-definition microscope was used to observe the raw materials, blending, collocation, thickness, and other archaeological values of the colors in the murals, and then the infrared scanner was used to observe the distribution and narrative function of the colors and the narrative connotation in the murals was outlined. The results showed that the dyes in the Dunhuang murals were mainly iron hydroxide, zinc sulfate, calcium carbonate, copper sulfate and copper hydroxide, and the surface protective layers were iron oxide and alumina. The color fusion is high, with the presence of small oxide particles and no significant amounts of agglomeration. The thickness of the coating is about 3~4mm, which is caused by color overlap and color aggravation. The presence of long-distance development between the colors indicates that the chromatic aberration is minor and there are multiple transition colors. Therefore, there are many pure colors such as white, black, and yellow in Dunhuang murals, which are used to represent the narrative theme, the transition color is rich to represent the narrative process, and the multi-layer thickness is used to express the overlap of the narrative content, which has a enlightening effect on the color narrative influenced by animation.