A pale orange and a delicate lilac or pale purple were found at Khorsabad, while brown (as already observed) is far more common on the bricks than black.

Thus the general tone of their coloring is quiet, not to say sombre.

There is no striving after brilliant effects.

The Assyrian artist seeks to please by the elegance of his forms and the harmony of his hues, not to startle by a display of bright and strongly-contrasted colors.

The tints used in a single composition vary from three to five, which latter number they seem never to exceed.