On Red And Black In Chinese Traditionl Lacquer Craft

Lacquer craft is one of the significant demonstrations of Chinese traditional art and lacquerware are important cultural relics, the value of which is self-evident. RED and BLACK, as the two major colors, have developed into the standard colors and become characteristic of the colors for lacquer crafts during the process of the historic development of lacquerware culture. RED, in particular, with its unique tint, has evolved into the primary color of Chinese culture, carrying strong national, cultural and regional features. As a result, RED has always been the color greatly worshiped and valued. BLACK, in contrast, has provided the formation of the Chinese traditional painting’s coloring system with direct aesthetic concepts, and finally set the visionary appreciation of Chinese ink painting, which is well worth our studies. As an effort to understand the aesthetic significance and cultural connotation of the two colors RED and BLACK, this paper deals with the analysis of the two primary colors in lacquerware, investigating their social foundation and cultural origins in the process of our appreciation of colors and the influence on the aesthetics in Chinese traditional painting system.