This paper analyzes the types and main characteristics of color paintings in Qing Dynasty.

The types of color painting in Qing Dynasty are mainly divided into Hexi color painting, Zi Xuan color painting and Soviet color painting.

Hexi India color painting is a new color painting developed on the basis of Zi Xuan official color painting in the late Ming Dynasty to meet the needs of imperial power.

Color painting type. The dragon and phoenix patterns symbolizing imperial power occupy a dominant position in the picture, with rigorous composition, complex patterns and wide applications.

Drain powder and paste gold, and the pattern is gorgeous.

Rotating color painting, commonly known as student and centipede circle, is second only to Hexi color painting. Its biggest feature is that petals with scroll patterns are used in the algae head, which is the so-called vortex.

Soviet-style color paintings include birds and animals, insects and fish, flowers and fruits, landscapes, Bo Gu, people's stories, brocade patterns and so on. , with flexible composition, soft colors, vivid pictures, beautiful and elegant, free and lively style.

Color painting is one of the important decorative arts in China traditional architecture. Since the book "Building French Style" in the Song Dynasty specifically listed the items of colored paintings, all colored paintings on traditional architectural objects have been collectively called colored paintings since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Architectural color painting in Qing Dynasty is the most developed peak of the whole color painting inheritance, and also the peak of the development of traditional color painting in China, which is quite mature in composition, pattern, color and technique.