ochre
Example Sentences
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One striking feature of the cave is the widespread use of mineral pigments, especially ochre.
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
Since then, engraved ochre, beads and abstract marks from South African sites such as Blombos Cave, some 70,000–100,000 years old, have shown that symbolic behaviour was already established in Africa long before.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
Throughout his career, Lowry favored mostly five colors: ochre, blue, black, white and red.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Around them, the trees had started to turn, ochre and orange, scarlet red.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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