ochre
Example Sentences
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Throughout his career, Lowry favored mostly five colors: ochre, blue, black, white and red.
It was unclear whether the dot was made with ochre, a natural clay pigment.
From BBC
Heading west from the Miracle Mile area, the eerie drift of smoke under a midmorning sun bathed the landscape in amber and ochre.
From Los Angeles Times
While sunflower stars have not recovered, adult ochre sea stars on rocky shores are growing in size and number to what was measured before the disease epidemic.
From Science Daily
Mike Love is sitting in a blah-looking room in a Sheraton hotel in North Carolina, the garish pattern of his signature Hawaiian shirt popping against the ochre wallpaper behind him.
From Los Angeles Times
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