文档介绍：Beijing opera types of facial makeup in operas are based on certain personality, temperament or some special types of figures for the use of certain colors
specific types of facial make-up in Beijing Operaare put on the actors' faces to symbolize the personalities, characteristics, and fates of the roles
Usually, red faces have positive meanings, symbolizing brave, faithful, and wise men.
Another positive color is purple, which signifies wisdom and bravery.
Black faces, for their part, usually have neutral meanings, symbolizing just brave men; however, they can also represent uprightness
Blue and green faces also have neutral meanings that symbolize the hero of the bush, with the former also hinting at strength and intrepidity
Yellow and white faces have negative meanings that symbolize ferocious, treacherous, and crafty men.