The characteristics of court batik, generally appear stronger in batiks from the court of Yogyakarta; the form of the motifs follows certain rules, most of them are geometric, the colors are reddish brown or dark brown, dark blue and pure white.
Emerging from the same source, many batik motifs from the court of Yogyakarta resemble those from the court of Surakarta, for instance the Kawung motif, Udan Liris, Semen Romo and Parang Rusak.
