The range of colors between green to purple-blue gives us the feeling of cool temperature (plate10). On the other hand the color between golden yellow to vermilion red appears to generate feeling of warmth.
Plate11 A Raga Hindol Bundelkhand)
(Spring Season)
11 B. Ragini Gurjari
(Early morning)
11 C Ragini Madhu Madhavi
(Mid-night)
Each of the above miniature painting illustrates the beauty of nature through symbolic representation of colors. The warmth of the spring season gives much warmer feeling because of the hues of red and orange colors (plate11 A). On the other hand the feeling of coolness in early morning is illustrated (plate11 B) with the help of hues of green-blue colors. The mid-night brings combination of dark blackish color to create the feeling of night (plate11 C). Thus, colors can be symbolically and metaphorically applied to generate certain feeling of temperature (cool-warm). Thus traditionally Indian miniature paintings have metaphorically created the range of colors based on the observation of nature.
