"Chin dynasty chariot color" Topic

I've tried google but don't seem to get a decent pic. So what color were the chariots? The pics I get are from other dynasty & are red. Supposedly black was the "color" of the Chin dynasty. So were chariots black?
Paul

"The command chariots are luxuriously equipped, lacquered in black, and decorated with geometric patterns."

"The wooden battle chariots from the pits were originally painted with very fine and elaborate ornaments. Only very few of them have survived due to the fires and the collapsing of the pit beams. From a chariot in pit number 1, T1G3, an approx. 35 cm long and 4-12.5 cm wide curtain fragment was discovered. The curtain is made of hemp which has been soaked in black Qi lacquer. The upper and lower edge is emphasised with white double lines on a black background. In the space between these lines, there is a painted grid-like rhombus pattern. Some of the rhombuses are filled with additional patterns. A similar decoration is visible on a rail decoration on one of the chariots from pit number 2 (fig. 66:1).

A strip-like fragment was discovered on a wooden chariot from pit number 2, T3G2. This fragment is 32 cm long and 6.8 cm wide. The background consists of dark brown lacquer and the upper and lower edges are framed with green lines. Four sequences of the pattern have been fully preserved and two have been partially preserved and each sequence is comprised from four different patterns: heng-disk patterns made of white double lines, geometrical pattern groups and a group of four small green rhombuses containing the outlines of smaller red or green rhombuses."

From PDF link

Thanks, that is very helpful.

Well, so much for using the web to find pictures/illustrations of Ch'in chariots and then painting mine.

Should have posted the question here.

Better luck next time.

Nice link Gurkhan.

Thank you, Gurkhan!