[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c19.7 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.7 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.7 - **Language:** English ### [c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.7) Blue (\*nīla pāṭa\*).—This colour is very rarely seen; it was obtained from the leaves of the indigo plant, \*nīl-gas\*, but only in small quantities; possibly some was also had from the Dutch. In the great majority of old paintings blue and green are absent altogether. - [Previous: c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.6) - [Next: c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.8) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.7) · Pramāṇa