The figures had to be covered with an off-white slip to approximate the color of skin. The hair, too, had to be appropriately colored. Even the horses were painted in appropriate shades of reddish-brown and black.
完成雕塑的陶俑，還需漆上粉白膚色，赭黑色、灰藍色的頭髮，包括陶馬也都漆上棗紅、黑色鬃毛，粉紅色的舌頭和白色的牙齒。