Color in Chinese painting

The book tells about the colors of traditional Chinese painting, the works are considered in which this or that color prevails. In Chinese painting, in addition to the well -known carcass, there are a number of transparent and opaque colors soluble in water. In the four parts of the book, illustrations and detailed descriptions of paintings written by ancient masters are selected on the colors - red, green, yellow, blue.

red - in ancient times, Zhu paint was mainly used for coloring clothes, some elements of architecture, The walls of the Buddhist and Taoist monasteries, with the help of this color, were transmitted in the landscape sunrise, depicted pink clouds at the dawn and sunset or maple leaves.

green - this color occupies a special place in traditional painting. There is even a separate type of landscape called the "blue-green landscape." The most commonly used green paint is Shilyui, trees and mountains are drawn in the landscape, depict flowers, leaves and stems, and this paint is used to convey the emerald green color of the peacock feathers.

yellow-yellow paint, yellow paint, yellow. Which is used in traditional painting, mainly made of minerals. The yellow color is very bright, gives people a feeling of lightness, joy and fills their hearts with dreams. After the era of Sun, the bright yellow color became an imperial color.

Blue-In traditional painting, the blue color is called zin. Shatsin paint has found wide application in Buddhist architectural painting, especially a lot of this color can be seen on world -famous frescoes in the ancient Mogao caves in Dunhuan.