Painting & the Four Types of Ground Colour
There are many different types and styles of paintings. A noticeable feature of Himalayan art are the various back ground colours that can be found. There are Four Types of Ground Colour. The standard and most common type is the multi-coloured.
There are three further types of ground colour, black, gold and red, in this order, according to the time when each began to be used. The multi or variously coloured paintings are by far the more common in the Himalayan and Tibetan cultural regions. The other three colours are used to invoke mood and emotion. Black is for caution, fear and protection. Gold is for wealth, wonder and opulence. Red is for alarm, power, and resolve.