Abstract:Color is the main feature of traditional Chinese architectural decoration, and the technique of color patterns painting has a long history, and its architectural art is unique in the world. Architectural color and patterns painting originate from the dual factors of material protection and architectural aesthetics. According to the pigments used in the Yuanmingyuan engineering record of the Qing Dynasty and now commonly used, to introduce the modern pigments used in traditional architectural color patterns paintings minerals, plant pigments and inorganic pigments.