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Full-face patterned colour identifying a role.
Also known as: Lianpu, Chinese opera mask, Jing face painting, Painted opera face
Chinese opera face painting assigns a character type by colour and pattern: red for loyalty, black for integrity and boldness, white for treachery. The white-faced villain is so established that the phrase for a treacherous character in Chinese refers directly to the make-up.
Denotes the full-face painted make-up of Chinese opera, identifying a character's type by colour and pattern.
Contexts: Music
Assigns meaning by colour: red for loyalty and courage, black for integrity, white for cunning and treachery, gold and silver for supernatural beings.
Contexts: Music
Is applied only to certain role types — principally the jing — rather than to the whole cast, so its absence is also information.
Contexts: Music
A face entirely covered in painted pattern, divided into symmetrical fields of strong red, black, white, blue, green or gold with heavy outlining around the eyes and brows.