ochre

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Ochre is a naturally occurring earth pigment; bitumen is a component of asphalt and can be produced from crude oil, but also occurs naturally in the soil.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

As an artist - he recently won the Red Ochre award, which recognises lifetime achievement of indigenous artists - he names his primary talent as storytelling.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2019

The culmination of the day was a short walk along Roussillon’s Ochre Trail .

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2019

Ochre and green Take refuge under the trees.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 13, 2016

We passed several bad sandbars, and a small creek to the south, which we called Yellow Ochre creek, from a bank of that mineral a little above it.

From History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by Allen, Paul