Tangka painting pigments are divided into

There are 9 kinds of Thangka pigments, namely earth, stone, water, fire, wood, grass, flowers, bones and precious stones.

Thangka, also called Thangka, is a transliteration of Tibetan, which refers to a religious scroll painting mounted with colored satin and hung for worship. Thangka is a unique painting art form in Tibetan culture, and its theme covers many fields such as Tibetan history, politics, culture and social life. Thangka handed down from ancient times is mostly Tibetan Buddhism and local teachings.

Thangka is a unique painting art form in Tibetan culture. Thangka painters divide all the pigments needed for Thangka painting into nine categories: earth, stone, water, fire, wood, grass, flowers, bones and precious stones. These natural raw materials are carefully collected, processed and mixed to make pigments with different colors and effects in Thangka paintings.

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1. Mineral pigments: These pigments are mainly extracted from natural minerals, such as cinnabar, ochre and stone yellow. They usually have high color concentration and stability and are not easy to fade.

2. Plant pigments: These pigments mainly come from the pulp, skin, leaves and other parts of plants, such as carmine and gamboge. Plant pigments usually have good covering and color diversity, but compared with mineral pigments, their color stability is slightly inferior.

3. Animal pigments: These pigments mainly come from animal hair, bones and other parts, such as indigo and dragon's blood. Animal pigments have unique and rich colors, but compared with the first two pigments, their color stability is relatively low.

4. Glue pigment: This pigment is mainly composed of mineral pigment and glue. This pigment is widely used in Thangka painting, which can be used to describe lines and render colors.

5. Stone pigments: These pigments are mainly made of natural minerals and are usually used to draw pictures that require high precision and durability.

6. Ink pigment: This kind of pigment is used to draw the outline of lines and patterns, with bright colors and high durability.

7. White series pigments: These pigments are usually used to draw white parts, such as backgrounds or white lines.

8. Black series pigments: These pigments are used to paint black parts, such as backgrounds or shadows.

9. Mixed color series pigments: These pigments are used to draw various mixed colors, such as red and green.