Paper-cutting skills: color paper-cutting

Color-matching paper-cutting is to cut out the image of positive engraving pattern with monochrome paper-cutting, and then cut out various colors of paper to set out the hollow part of the work, which is divided into full color matching and local color matching.

The material used in the pattern is generally thick paper, or high-grade materials such as satin and flannel; Moreover, the color should be dark, gold foil or silver foil, and a variety of different colors of paper should be pasted according to the image color and shape of the picture to increase the expressive force of the picture. There is a kind of "copper lining" in Foshan, Guangdong Province, which is carved with gold paper, and each part is lined with red, medium yellow, lake blue, grass green and so on. , especially magnificent.

Local color registration is to register the main parts of the work, such as face, hands, flowers, animals, utensils, etc., generally no more than three colors, and its purpose is to make the finishing touch.