Observe the image and answer the following question.
What did the painter of this painting use to outline the drawings?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Lamp black
Option (1) Charcoal gray — Incorrect. One of the seven basic colours Jamini Roy applied with tempera, not his outline colour.
Option (2) Indian red — Incorrect. Also one of the seven basic colours he applied with tempera, not his outline colour.
Option (3) Lamp black — Correct. The painting is Woman with Child by Jamini Roy. He used lamp black to outline the drawings.
Option (4) Cobalt blue — Incorrect. Another of his seven basic colours, not used for the outline.
NCERT (2026-27): “Woman with Child This is a gouache painting on paper made by Jamini Roy (1887–1972) in 1940. …He used Indian red, yellow ocher, cadmium green, vermilion, charcoal gray, cobalt blue and white made from organic material, such as rockdust, tamarind seeds, mercury powder, alluvial mud, indigo and common chalk. He used lamp black to outline the drawings and started making his own canvas with home-spun fabric (pats used paper or cloth or baked paper).”
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