Strong use of primary colours and warm yellow are used in which school of Pahari Miniature painting?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Basohli
The Basohli school is marked by a strong use of primary colours and warm yellows that fill the background and the horizon. Primary colours are red, yellow and blue, the colours that cannot be made by mixing others.
NCERT (2026-27): “Basohli School …Under him, Basohli developed a distinctive and magnificent style. It is characterised by a strong use of primary colours and warm yellows — filling the background and horizon, stylised treatment of vegetation and raised white paint for imitating the representation of pearls in ornaments. However, the most significant characteristic of Basohli painting is the use of small, shiny green particles of beetle wings to delineate jewellery and simulate the effect of emeralds.…” |