1, black thangka
Tibetan is called "Donna", and its main painting method is to use black as the background, outline it with gold pigments, and then embellish or symbolically smudge the main structure and light and shade of people and scenery with a few colors. Its overall picture gives people a mysterious and solemn feeling, which is mostly used to describe the theme of protecting the law and reducing the devil.
2. Red Thangka
Also known as "Red Card" and "Red Tang", it refers to Thangka paintings with cinnabar pigment as the background color. The bright red color symbolizes elegance and nobility, so there are many Buddhist stories painted in the Red Tang Dynasty, and the painting style is rich and noble.
3. Blue Thangka
A painting Thangka with a blue background is called "Blue Thangka". Because of its bright color and auspicious meaning, blue is often used to describe themes such as happiness of Buddha and victory of King Kong.
The characteristics of Thangka:
Thangka is pure and thick in color, strong in hue, mellow and gorgeous. Even after thousands of years, it still looks dazzling. Thangka has a unique color language, distinctive personality, special meaning, very complex but rigorous. It has a fixed color spectrum: red, blue, green, yellow, white, gold and black are the main colors, and gold and black are mostly used as hooks and decorations.
Each main color, in different themes, just expresses a specific religious significance, and at the same time, it can make the colors of the picture harmonious and beautiful and pleasing to the eye. This color relationship is formed by repeated exploration, constant induction and long-term refining by Buddhist artists for thousands of years, and it is by no means possible for a person or a faction to complete it at one time and one place.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Thangka