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Bold coloured lines painted over a white face.
Also known as: Kabuki make-up, Kumadori make-up, Kabuki face paint, Coloured lines on a white face
Kumadori is kabuki stage make-up in which the colour of the lines declares the character type before a word is spoken: red for a virtuous hero, blue or indigo for a villain or a ghost, brown for a non-human being. The colour is the information.
Denotes the stylised make-up of kabuki theatre, in which coloured lines are painted over a white base.
Contexts: Music
Encodes character type by colour: red for righteous or passionate heroes, blue or indigo for villains and supernatural beings, brown for demons and animals.
Contexts: Music
Exaggerates the lines of the face's own muscles and veins, so the make-up is a magnification of expression rather than a mask laid over it.
Contexts: Music
A face coated in white with bold curved and angular lines of red, blue or brown swept over the brow, cheeks and around the eyes and mouth.