There are nine patterns known as "whole face," "Old face," "tripartite face," "cross face," "wry face," "broken face," "crooked face," and "unique face."
儘管將「臉譜」的定義範圍，縮小到淨、丑兩角，但大、小花臉的譜式，少說也有五、六百種，不但足以使人眼花撩亂，更遑論辨識忠奸、得其真意了。「其實並不難，掌握幾個基本原則，就不致『離譜』。」