Nettur petti,
Lac-turned wooden ornament casket from Kerala with brass locks, hinges and beadings

Neutral colors,
Colors that blend or combine with all other colors to alter their value or intensity. Black, white, and gray are considered neutral colors.

Niarias,
Occupational group that separates the gold from the dust in a goldsmith’s workshop

Nickel,
An element with atomic number 28, symbol Ni, atomic weight 58.71, mp 1453ºC, specific gravity 8.9. A heavy whitish metal not known as a pure element until its discovery was announced to the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1751 by Axel Cronstedt.

Nip,
The fixing position for each printing unit in a printing machine of any type. Also known as the ‘station’.

Nishada,
Forest dwelling tribe

Non-Pereil,
Non-Pereil is one of the most popular marbling patterns.

Non-reactive,
A substance, usually a dye vessel, that does not react chemically and is not affected by dye baths, mordants, acids, or Alkalis.

Nonrepresentational art,
Style of painting or drawing in which the image created bears little resemblance to the natural or realistic form of the subject.  

Novelty,
Novelty is one of the criteria of patentability in any examination as to substance.  An invention is new if it is not anticipated by prior art. According to Article 33 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), novelty is defined as follows:  “For the purposes of the international preliminary examination, a claimed invention shall be considered novel if it is not anticipated by the prior art as defined in the Regulations.”  Rule 64.1(a) of the Regulations under the PCT defines “prior art” as “everything made available to the public anywhere in the world by means of written disclosure (including drawings and other illustrations) shall be considered prior art provided that such making available occurred prior to the relevant date.” Article 54 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) defines “novelty” as follows:  “An invention shall be considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art.  The state of the art shall be held to comprise everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the date of filing of the European patent application.” Section 35 of the United States Code 102 [Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent] defines the concept of novelty as follows:  “A person shall be entitled to a patent unless — the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent …”.

Nowfull,
Embroidery design for churi, Gracia Jat in Kutch, Gujarat.

Nyom Fai,
The dying of cotton thread before it is used for weaving any textiles.