The monochrome figures that visitors to Xian’s terra-cotta army museum see today actually ... the lacquer underneath the paint begins to curl after 15 seconds and flake off in just four minutes ...

The Terracotta Army was discovered in 1974 during the construction ... as they were originally painted with red, purple, and green, believed to match the patterns of clothing worn by Qin soldiers ...

The world-famous Terracotta Army was constructed to accompany the ... They were moulded in parts, fired, assembled and painted. The museum consists of three vaults and an exhibition hall, and ...

His Chinese expedition to discover The Terracotta Army was liberally smeared with ... Dan also revealed that the soldiers were originally painted in lifelike colours, but didn’t explain why ...

And though largely gray today, patches of paint hint at once brightly colored ... behind them are wooden chariots. The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created ...