Bahut saare mandiron me Bhagwan Parshvanath ki murti do rangon—kali (krishna) aur safed (shweta)—me milti hai. Iska karan sampradayik parampara, sthanik paththar ki upalabdhata, aur pooja‑saadhana ki soch hai; Tirthankar swayam nirlep aur varnarahit hote hain—rang sirf pratima ka hai, na ki Bhagwan ka.

• Puratan (adhikatar Digambar parampara me): Dakshin aur Madhya Bharat me kaale basalts/krishna shila asani se milti thi, isliye praacheen Parshvanath pratimaen adhikatar kaali bani. Kaala rang dhyan ko antar‑mukh karta hai, aur paththar bahut tikau hota hai.

• Shwetambar parampara (khas kar Rajasthan–Gujarat): Yahan safed sangmarmar prachur tha. Safed rang shuddhata aur shaantata ka sanket mana gaya, isliye safed pratimaen adhik dekhi jaati hain.

• Dono panthon me dono rang mil sakte hain: Yeh sakht niyam nahi hai. Kai Shwetambar jinayalay mein kaali pratima bhi hoti hai aur kai Digambar jinayalayon me safed pratima bhi.

• Pehchan ka mool lakshan: Parshvanath ki pratima ke sir par sheshnaag ka chhatra hota hai aur unka lanchhan sarp hai. Rang pehchan ka maapdand nahi hai.

Sandesh: Bhakti ka mool rang nahi, guna‑smaran, samyag‑darshan aur dhyan hai. Pratima ka rang keval parampara aur shilapadarth par nirbhar hota hai.