the different colors on a oni mask represent there status as a citizen, and how close to full demon they are...
for example, the hannya mask is one which represents a women who has been overcome with deep jealously and anger.
in her mask, brighter colors represent her new found anger,
still a human with common sense, able to go about a normal day...
the deeper darker colors suggest a higher rage and less civil being.
once completely red, the being is a complete oni...or demon
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the Chinese opera masks were invented because when people where at the opera they could see what the colours all mean and what the opera was about.
The horns of an oni are the source of it power. Break the horns, and the oni will be reduced to nothing, just as a kappa who has had the water poured out of his head. *Source: Usagi Yojimbo.*
It depends if it was a Comedy or a tragedy. If it was a tragedy they would wear really dark colours but if it was a comedy they would wear bright colours like Green and Red
The Masks of Death was created in 1984.
the coleres mean thet thay ruled over all of the pepel how worshiped there coleres