ochre
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Using a rich, bold palette, he depicted Islamic astronomers, philosophers, and desert wanderers with the same kinetic lines that defined his Indian art, but in warmer, earthen ochres reflecting the Gulf's landscape.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
In the resulting enigmatic dreamscapes, muted purples, cornflower blues and soft ochres bloom and spatter and fleck in surprising, delicate ways.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024
The color palette, less saturated with primary colors than the typical Pixar film, uses aquamarine and jewel tones for the underwater segments and dusty pinks and ochres for the scenes in the hilly seaside town.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2021
His muted ochres, grays and powdery blues conjured up a still, timeless world inhabited by Platonic forms, recognizable but uncanny, in part because he painted from imagination rather than life.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2020
Long loops and strands of yarn dangled out of the cubbyholes, and the browns and grays and purples were mixed in with the ochres and olive greens and dark blues.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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