Chinese painting can also be called "ink painting", "colored ink painting" or "brush and ink painting".

The traditional form of Han Chinese painting is to use brushes dipped in water, ink and color to paint on silk or paper, which is known as "Chinese painting", or "national painting" for short. China's traditional painting (different from "Western painting"). Tools and materials include brushes, ink, Chinese paint, rice paper, silk, etc. The subject matter can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc., and the techniques can be divided into brushwork and writing, and its spiritual core is "ink and brush".

Ink Painting: It is a form of painting, and more often than not, ink painting is regarded as a representative of traditional Chinese painting, that is, Chinese painting. Basic ink painting consists only of water and ink, black and white, but advanced ink painting also includes brushwork flower and bird paintings, which are colorful. The latter is sometimes called colored ink painting. In Chinese painting, one of the materials unique to Chinese painting, ink as the main raw material and the amount of water led to thick ink, light ink, dry ink, wet ink, burnt ink, etc., to draw different shades (black, white, gray) levels. There is a special flavor called "ink rhyme". And the formation of ink-based form of painting.

As for the pen and ink painting is not clear.