Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.193

v2.c77.193

According to Bharata (cf. Nāṭya-śāstra ch. VI. vs. 42-43) "each rasa (emotion) had to be painted in its expressive colour, the śṛṅgāra (erotic) was of śyāma hue, the laugh-exciting (hāsa) of white colour, the pathetic (karuṇa) of grey colour, the furious (rudra) of red colour, the heroic (vīra) of yellowish white colour, the fearful (bhayānaka) of black colour, the super-natural and amazing of yellow colour and the repulsive loathsome (vībhatsa) of blue colour".—Kramrisch's Trans.