"Mayan Blue" Topic

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barcah2001	02 Aug 2010 2:07 p.m. PST
Starting to paint my clasical Mayan warriors and thinking about the colors for the headresses and war paint. Has anyone seen evidence of use of the Mayan blue color for warpaint other than the Mexican dancers in tourist shows? I've seen red, yellow and black in the murals. For featehrs I've seen the usual green with red, yellow, white, brown, black, and blues.
aecurtis	02 Aug 2010 2:15 p.m. PST
Since it had important religious and ritual significance, it may not have been commonly used that way: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Blue link link link Allen
barcah2001	03 Aug 2010 4:50 a.m. PST
Thanks Allen, that is my thought as well--never seen it used as warpaint on Mayan art. Since it would look very good on my figures, however, I was hoping someone else had seen it used that way. Mark

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