What are the three colors of Tang Sancai?

The "three" in the three colors of the Tang Dynasty means more than three colors.

Tang Sancai, the full name of Tang Sancai glazed pottery, is a multi-color low-temperature glazed pottery. On the same object, yellow, green, white or yellow, green, blue, ochre, black and other basic glaze colors are used alternately at the same time, forming colorful artistic effects.

Tri-colored glazed pottery in Tang Dynasty is a kind of low-temperature glazed pottery prevailing in Tang Dynasty. Broadly speaking, tri-colored pottery in Tang Dynasty is also the general name of pottery unearthed from tombs in Tang Dynasty.

The glaze colors of the three colors of Tang Dynasty are yellow, green, white, brown, blue and black, and the three colors are mainly yellow, green and white, so people are used to calling them "Three Colors of Tang Dynasty".

Extended data:

The production process of Tang Sancai is very complicated. First of all, the mined mineral soil should be selected, mashed, washed, precipitated and dried, then made into tires with molds and fired in the kiln. The firing method of Tang Sancai is secondary firing. From the raw material point of view, its matrix is white mud, which is sintered in a kiln at1000-100℃, cooled and then glazed, and the sintering temperature is about 800℃. In terms of glaze color, various oxidized metals are used as colorants, and various colors appear after calcination.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia Tang Sancai