Red: Red is generally used to express honest and frank, loyalty, blood, and more positive roles. In fact, the red facial makeup was originally intended to show the color of the characters, and many characters with red and black skin color are very brave and upright. By extension, they began to use red to express loyalty and courage, and sketched red facial makeup for loyal and brave generals and immortals.

white: white can be divided into powder white and oily white. White facial makeup is often used in Peking Opera to show the villain of treachery. For example, Cao Cao, a treacherous hero in the Three Kingdoms Opera, painted a white face, indicating that he is treacherous and suspicious. In addition, old heroes, generals, monks, eunuchs and other characters who are handsome and childlike can also draw white faces.

Green: In Peking Opera facial makeup, green facial makeup is generally used to express brave, reckless and irritable characters, which has similar meaning to black facial makeup. In addition, some grass bandits who take the mountain as the king also sketch green faces.

Blue: In Peking Opera facial makeup, blue and green have similar meanings, both of which are extensions of black, indicating that the characters are strong and bold, and sometimes they are insidious and cunning.

purple: purple is the middle color between red and black, and its symbolic meaning is also between red and black, which generally means solemnity, integrity and dignity, and a sense of justice. Some characters are described as purple faces in novels and plays, so they are painted with purple faces, while others sketch purple faces to show their ugliness.

Yellow: Generally, it means that the characters are brave or fierce and cruel, so yellow facial makeup is generally used for brave and violent characters.