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Ochre

Ochre (/ˈoʊkər/ OH-kər; from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra) from ὠχρός (ōkhrós) 'pale') is a family of natural clay earth pigments, made up of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand, ranging in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. The term is also used for the colours produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow. A variant…

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Historical use in art and culture

Middle Stone AgeLe MoustierMousterianBitumenArchaeological culture
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Past and continuing use

HimbaNamibiaMaasai peopleWestern DesertKimberley
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Modern history

RoussillonRustrelGargasVaucluseGreat Britain
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Terminology

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CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(58, 87, 37°)
Hex triplet
#CC7722
HSV (h, s, v)
(30°, 83%, 80%)
ISCC–NBS descriptor
Deep orange
sRGBB (r, g, b)
(204, 119, 34)

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Ochre

Nodes167
Edges166
Triples211
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011976
Components1

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Ochre

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related to Indigenous North America · 22
Ochre → BC, Beothuk, California Native Americans, Canada, Choix, Chumash, Eastern Woodlands, Europeans, In Newfoundland, It, Its, Maritime Archaic, Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Newfoundland, Port, Red Indians, Red Ocher, Researchers, The Beothuk, Tongva
related to history · 21
Ochre → African Middle Stone Age, After, Archeological, Asia, Australia, Evidence, French, Gargas, He, Homo, In, In Africa, Jean-Étienne Astier, Middle Stone Age, Over, Roussillon, Rustrel, Southern Africa, The, Vaucluse
related to Sources · 21
Ochre → Africa, Andrew, Christian, Dapschauskas, Göden, Habitual Ochre Use, ISSN, Journal, Kandel, Matthias, Middle Stone Age, Rimtautas, Ritual Behavior During The, Ritualised, Significance, Sommer, South African Archaeological Bulletin, The Development, The Emergence, Watts
related to Australia · 17
Ochre → Aboriginal, Aboriginal Australians, Arnhem Land, At Lake Mungo, Australia, BP, Kimberley, LM3, Mungo Man, Ochre Pits, Pleistocene, The, The National Museum, Tjoritja, West MacDonnell National Park, Western Desert, Western New South Wales
related to Paint pigment · 14
Ochre → Colour Index, Colour Index International, Colourists, Deletion, Dyers, However, Ochres, Owing, PBr7, Pigment, Pigments, PY-43, Society, UK
related to Ancient Egypt · 12
Ochre → Ancient Egypt, Aswan Stone Quarry, BC, Ebers Papyrus, Egypt, In, In Ancient Egypt, Ochre-coloured, Red, The, The Egyptians, Unfinished
related to Ancient Phoenicia · 12
Ochre → Besides, Greater-quality, In, It, Moreover, Phoenician, Phoenicians, Pigments, The, They, This, With
related to Colonial North America · 11
Ochre → Deposits, England, Fortune Harbour, In Newfoundland, Labrador, Newfoundland, Ochre Pit Cove, Red, Scandinavian, The, While
related to External links · 11
Ochre → Aboriginal, AgesBrown, AgesUse, AgesYellow, Australia, Colourlex, National Museum, Pigments Through, Red, Red Ochre, Yellow
related to New Zealand · 11
Ochre → After European, Captain Cook's, Kōkōwai, Māori, New Zealand, One, Other, Red, The, The Māori, They

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red used pigments also use colour yellow pigment iron oxide 000 colours known paint years people aboriginal ancient australia found

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OchreCIELChuv (L, C, h)(58, 87, 37°)1.00infobox
OchreHex triplet#CC77221.00infobox
OchreHSV (h, s, v)(30°, 83%, 80%)1.00infobox
OchreISCC–NBS descriptorDeep orange1.00infobox
OchreSourcecolorxs.com/color1.00infobox
OchresRGBB (r, g, b)(204, 119, 34)1.00infobox
Ochreis arare variant identical to red ochre chemically but of a different hue caused by different light diffraction properties associated with a greater average particle size.Brown ochre0.90text
Ochreis acommon pigment0.90text
their colourinstance of000 years ago.Archeological evidence highlights that prehistoric populations picked different ochre specifically based on certain qualities0.80text
textureinstance of000 years ago.Archeological evidence highlights that prehistoric populations picked different ochre specifically based on certain qualities0.80text
and even hardnessinstance of000 years ago.Archeological evidence highlights that prehistoric populations picked different ochre specifically based on certain qualities0.80text
the Tongvainstance ofCalifornia Native Americans0.80text

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