Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s3.2

c9.s3.2

In the medieval Sanskrit texts on painting, various shades of red are described. Thus in the *Mānasollāsa*¹², the crude cinnabar (*darada*) stands for blood red; the lac-dye (*alaktaka*) stands for lake red, and the red ochre (*gairika*) for venetian red. In the *Silparatna*¹³, the red lead (*sindūra*) is called soft red (*mridurakta*), the red ochre, as middle red, and the lac-dye, as deep red.