Vishnu iconography shows him with a dark blue, blue-gray or black colored skin, and as a well dressed jeweled man.
He is typically shown with four arms, but two armed representations are also found in Hindu texts on artworks.

The historic identifiers of his icon include his image holding a conch shell (shankha named Panchajanya) between first two fingers of one hand (left back), a chakra – war discus named Sudarshana – in another (right back).
The conch shell is spiral and symbolizes all of interconnected spiraling cyclic existence, while the discus symbolizes him as that which restores dharma with war if necessary when cosmic equilibrium is overwhelmed by evil.
One of his arms sometimes carries a gada (club, mace named Kaumodaki) which symbolizes authority and power of knowledge.
In the fourth arm, he holds a lotus flower (padma) which symbolizes purity and transcendence.
The items he holds in various hands varies, giving rise to twenty four combinations of iconography, each combination representing a special form of Vishnu.
Each of these special forms is given a special name in texts such as the Agni Purana and Padma Purana.
These texts, however, are inconsistent.
Rarely, Vishnu is depicted bearing the bow Sharanga or the sword Nandaka.
He is depicted with the Kaustubha gem in a necklace and wearing Vaijayanti, a garland of forest flowers.
The shrivatsa mark is depicted on his chest in the form of a curl of hair.
He generally wears yellow garments.

Vishnu iconography show him either in standing pose, seated in a yoga pose, or reclining.
A traditional depiction of Vishnu is that of Him reclining on the coils of the serpent Shesha, accompanied by his consort Lakshmi, as he "dreams the universe into reality."
Vishnu iconography shows him with a dark blue, blue-gray or black colored skin, and as a well dressed jeweled man. He is typically shown with four arms, but two armed representations are also found in Hindu texts on artworks.
The historic identifiers of his icon include his image holding a conch shell (shankha named Panchajanya) between first two fingers of one hand (left back), a chakra – war discus named Sudarshana – in another (right back). The conch shell is spiral and symbolizes all of interconnected spiraling cyclic existence, while the discus symbolizes him as that which restores dharma with war if necessary when cosmic equilibrium is overwhelmed by evil. One of his arms sometimes carries a gada (club, mace named Kaumodaki) which symbolizes authority and power of knowledge. In the fourth arm, he holds a lotus flower (padma) which symbolizes purity and transcendence. The items he holds in various hands varies, giving rise to twenty four combinations of iconography, each combination representing a special form of Vishnu. Each of these special forms is given a special name in texts such as the Agni Purana and Padma Purana. These texts, however, are inconsistent. Rarely, Vishnu is depicted bearing the bow Sharanga or the sword Nandaka. He is depicted with the Kaustubha gem in a necklace and wearing Vaijayanti, a garland of forest flowers. The shrivatsa mark is depicted on his chest in the form of a curl of hair. He generally wears yellow garments.
Vishnu iconography show him either in standing pose, seated in a yoga pose, or reclining. A traditional depiction of Vishnu is that of Him reclining on the coils of the serpent Shesha, accompanied by his consort Lakshmi, as he "dreams the universe into reality."
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