兵马俑颜色大起底
分类: 旅游英语
1. The statues of the infantry soldiers range between 5 foot 8 inches and 6 foot 2 inches; the commanders are 6 and half feet tall.
兵马俑步兵俑高在5英尺8英寸到6英尺2英寸间,司令官高度为6.5英尺。
2. Terracotta Figures were found to be painted in red, green, blue, yellow, purple, brown, white, black, pink, vermilion, etc.
人们发现陶俑上绘有红、绿、蓝、黄、紫、棕、白、黑、粉、朱红色等颜色。
3. The pigments were artificially produced from cinnabar, charcoal, malachite and azurite as well as barium copper silicate.
这些颜料是用朱砂、木炭、孔雀石、蓝铜矿和硅酸铜钡人工制成的。
4. The terracotta figures have gone through a natural process of 2,200 years decay, the lacquer cracks and peels off once the warriors were exposure to the air, taking any remaining pigment with it.
在经历了2200年自然腐蚀后,这些陶俑一旦暴露在空气中,上面的涂料便立即裂开脱落,残存的颜料也随之掉落。