Tribal face painting - meanings of the markings and colours?

[Milfoil]

Does anyone know anything about the meanings of lines, shapes and colours used in any tribal face painting, anywhere in the world? There are some basic bits of info in the web here and there but not much that really would help anyone decipher specific markings.

Help??

 

[louiseb]

found these sites hope you find them usefull. the first web site scroll down and you get pages 2 and 3. they explain what the markings stand for.

http://www.tribal-celtic-tattoo.com/tribal-history.htm
louise

 

[louiseb]

found this one which tells you what each face symbol stands for, related sites give more information, good luck.
http://www.face-painting-fun.com/cultural-face-painting.html

 

[Milfoil]

Thanks for those, I had already seen them when searching the net but they don't give enough information I'm afraid.

I think this is a cultural thing but moreover that it can be individual rather than having specific meaning in some cases. Perhaps there is no answer to my question in most cases.

Never mind.