Fantin tukwane yana nufin gyalen tukwane mai ruwan lemu-ja-jaja mara komai, wanda aka kwatanta da alatun ma'adinai na halitta, ocher da manganese oxide a matsayin abubuwa masu launi, sa'an nan kuma a harba a cikin murhu. A kan gawar orange-ja yana ba da kyakkyawan tsari na ocher ja, baki, fari, da launuka daban-daban, yana samar da tukunyar tukwane tare da babban matakin haɗin kai tsakanin ƙirar da siffar kayan aiki, da samun sakamako na ado da ƙawa.
Fantin tukwane an yi shi da kyau, galibi tukwane na yumbu, tare da laushi mai laushi, don haka ba kawai jirgin ruwa ba ne, amma kuma yana da ƙimar fasaha mai girma. Tun da ana fentin launi kafin harbe-harbe, bayan an gasa shi da tukwane, launi da tayal ɗin tukwane suna haɗuwa sosai kuma ba su da sauƙin faɗuwa. Za a iya raba nau'in zane gaba ɗaya zuwa kashi biyu: tsari da hotuna.
Na biyu, saman yumbun blank dole ne ya kai ga wani ƙare, kuma pigment zai iya shiga cikin taya yumbura. Wannan yana buƙatar dubawa a hankali da wanke yumbu, da maimaita goge tebur bayan an kafa billet. Mafi yawan fentin tukwane a binciken binciken archaeological tukwane ne na yumbu, kuma hatta tukwanen yashi irin na al'adun Xindian yana da daɗaɗɗen ƙasa. Babban jikin tukwane na al'adu na Dadiwan shine tukwane mai kyau na yashi, amma an lulluɓe saman kayan kayan da sulbi mai santsi;