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These decorative paintings from India have a very strong religious tradition. They have a symmetrical composition as they are meant to be placed in house-shrines for meditation. Phad paintings are required to show a large number of objects in one scroll. The artists do this very skillfully by highlighting the basic motive of the painting and still showing all the ritualistic objects in krishnalilas and number of soldiers in a battlefield. The use of monochrome areas in the background helps make a oil painting simple if necessary. Well organized, with bright colors bold outlines make this decorative Phad Paintings more appealing and attractive. The paintings have red and yellow colors in prominence, predominately red and green scrolls being the popular ones. Phad paintings are now available in smaller panels, rather than a scroll, portraying single incidents or characters from the epics, which have made them more popular in the market.