
Ochre facts for kids
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Ochre or Ocher is a golden-yellow or light yellowish brown colour. The word is from the Greek ochros, meaning "yellow". Ochre is natural earth pigment containing hydrated iron oxide.
Images for kids
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Multicolored ochre rocks used in Aboriginal ceremony and artwork. Ochre Pits, Namatjira Drive, Northern Territory
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The clay hills of Roussillon, Vaucluse, in Provence have been an important source of ochre pigment since the 18th century.
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Image of a horse colored with yellow ochre (17,300 BC) from Lascaux cave, France.
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Image of a bison from the cave of Altamira in Spain, painted with red ochre between 16,500 and 15,000 BC.

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