|quote = The bluish white (kāraṇḍava) colour, is made up of of the white and the blue, and the yellowish white colour (pāṇḍu) of the white and the yellow. The lotus (padma) colour is made up of the white and the red, and the green (harit) colour, of the yellow and the blue. The dark red (kāṣāya) colour is made up of the blue and the red, and the pale-red (gaura) colour of the red and the yellow. These are the derivative colours. Besides these there are [many] minor colours which may be made up of three or four [original] colours.
|author = [[Bharata_(sage)|Bharata]]
|source = ''[[Natya_Shastra|Nāṭya Shāstra]]'', Chapter XXIII - Costumes and Make-up.
