Editing Terracotta Army (section)

==== The warriors ====
The terracotta figures are life-sized, typically ranging from {{convert|1.75|metre}} to about {{convert|2|m}} (the officers are typically taller). They vary in height, uniform, and hairstyle in accordance with their portrayed rank. Their faces appear to be different for each individual figure, scholars have identified 10 base facial forms which were then further developed to give each figure individuality in terms of facial morphology.<ref name="national geographic">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrPmZXt-wIEC&pg=PA27 |title=The Terra Cotta Warriors |publisher=National Geographic Museum |page=27 |access-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329073020/https://books.google.com/books?id=TrPmZXt-wIEC&pg=PA27 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> The figures are of these general types: armored [[infantry]]; unarmored infantry; [[cavalrymen]] who wear a pillbox hat; helmeted drivers of chariots with more armor protection; spear-carrying charioteers; kneeling crossbowmen or archers who are armored; standing archers who are not; as well as generals and other lower-ranking officers.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbtrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |title=The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army |first=Maurice |last=Cotterell |publisher=Inner Traditions Bear and Company |date=June 2004 |isbn=978-1591430339 |pages=105–112 |access-date=29 March 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329073020/https://books.google.com/books?id=DbtrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are, however, many variations in the uniforms within the ranks: for example, some may wear shin pads while others not; they may wear either long or short trousers, some of which may be padded; and their body armors vary depending on rank, function, and position in formation.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbtrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 |title=The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army |first=Maurice |last=Cotterell |publisher=Inner Traditions Bear and Company |date=June 2004 |isbn=978-1591430339 |pages=103–105 |access-date=29 March 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329073027/https://books.google.com/books?id=DbtrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are also terracotta horses placed among the warrior figures.
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| footer=Figures with some of their natural coloring, and the pigments used on the Terracotta warriors
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Originally, the figures were painted with ground precious stones, intensely fired bones (white), pigments of [[iron oxide]] (dark red), [[cinnabar]] (red), [[malachite]] (green), [[azurite]] (blue), [[charcoal]] (black), [[Han purple and Han blue|cinnabar barium copper silicate mix]] (Chinese purple or Han purple), tree sap from a nearby source (more than likely from the [[Toxicodendron vernicifluum|Chinese lacquer tree]]) (brown),<ref name="azurite">{{cite magazine |last=Larmer |first=Brook |date=June 2012 |title=Terra-Cotta Warriors in Color |magazine=[[National Geographic]] |pages=74–87 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2012/06/terra-cotta-warriors/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 December 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210122059/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2012/06/terra-cotta-warriors/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and other colors including pink, lilac, red, white,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-09/09/content_11278335.htm |title=Terracotta army emerges in its true colors |work=[[China Daily]] |date=September 9, 2010 |last=lie |first=Ma |access-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124003247/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-09/09/content_11278335.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and one unidentified color.<ref name="azurite"/> The colored lacquer finish and individual facial features would have given the figures a realistic feel, with eyebrows and facial hair in black and the faces done in pink.<ref>{{cite book |title=Imperial Tombs of China |date=1995 |publisher=Lithograph Publishing Company |page=76}}</ref>

However, in [[Xi'an#Climate|Xi'an]]'s dry climate, much of the color coating would flake off in less than four minutes after removing the mud surrounding the army.<ref name="azurite"/>