Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.35

v2.c78.s2.35

thus pointing out the continuance of the same colour (tempera) even in his day. Further the ‘Vartikocchvāsa’ caused by tears settling on the picture is possible only when the colour is a kind of tempera. A better elucidation of the nature of colours is to be had from Daṇḍin’s Daśakumāracarita wherein he tells us that they are a kind of ‘Niryāsa Kalka’.