The colours selected for the murals by the artists had a direct bearing on the characters portrayed. According to ancient texts there are three broad qualities assigned to superhuman, human and sub human beings, viz Satwa (the noblest), rajas (the active and middle principle) and tamas (the dark and destructive principle) respectively."The colours selected for the murals by the artists had a direct bearing on the characters portrayed. According to ancient texts there are three broad qualities assigned to superhuman, human and sub human beings, viz Satwa (the noblest), rajas (the active and middle principle) and tamas (the dark and destructive principle) respectively. To represent Satwik quality green and shades of green were used. Characters of a raajasik quality were portrayed in red or golden and taamasik nature of the gods were represented not by black but in white while demons and demonesses were represented by black. Among the subjects, Vishnu and his Satwik incarnations, Pa...