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Peking opera facial makeup design

Beijing opera facial makeup is very particular about color, but it seems that colorful facial makeup details appear for a reason, not just to look good. Draw colors with different meanings with different patterns, and the characters are personalized.

The general color meaning of Facebook is: red is general: brave and chivalrous, mostly positive.

Others: satire, which means false good people.

Special case: the old man shows that the young red light is still there; Bad guys do good things.

Black in general: straightforward and resolute, brave and intelligent.

Others: indicates yin in yin and yang. Used of ghosts. Black skin or ugly face.

General: sinister and treacherous; Willful.

Others: He Ga, eunuch mask; Indicates that the old man is old,

Purple is general: upright and upright, not flattering the powerful.

Others: bad complexion, ugly.

Yellow: brave and impetuous

General Jin: The immortal is superior.

Others: brave soldiers.

Silver fairy, monster.

Green overall: brave and reckless.

Others: outlaws.

Blue is powerful and insidious.