ochre

Objects placed alongside the dead, including stone tools, animal bones, and pieces of ochre, may also hint at early beliefs about an afterlife.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026

The crash happened within 3km of the end of the stage which meant Vine did not lose any time and kept his leader's ochre jersey .

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

Throughout his career, Lowry favored mostly five colors: ochre, blue, black, white and red.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

It was unclear whether the dot was made with ochre, a natural clay pigment.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

Then Torak saw that on the brown forehead, a shaky circle had been daubed in red ochre.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Among other things which lay strewed about here, were a spear-shaft, eight feet in length, recently made and ochred; parts of old canoes, fragments of their skin-dresses, &c.

From Report of Mr. W. E. Cormack's journey in search of the Red Indians in Newfoundland by W. E. (William Epps) Cormack

He saw a small, brick-paved yard, in which trim myrtles and flowering plants stood about in freshly ochred pots, and, opening the door a little wider, he slipped in and closed it behind him.

From Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection) by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

The smoke swirled and eddied out into the room and hung about the ochred walls, and made more umber than it was before the map of Europe over the fireplace.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro

He saw a small, brick- paved yard, in which trim myrtles and flowering plants stood about in freshly ochred pots, and, opening the door a little wider, he slipped in and closed it behind him.

From Sentence Deferred Sailor's Knots, Part 4. by Will Owen

Among other things which lay strewed about here, were a spearshaft, eight feet in length, recently made and ochred; parts of old canoes, fragments of their skin-dresses, &c.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 by Various