Ochres

Word OCHRES
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Especially do these changes take place when the iron oxides are not associated with an earthy base; when, in fact, the so-called ochres cannot be classed as such. ❋ George Field (N/A)

The boat was then painted. the pigments for this purpose were obtained from various substances found in the ground, such as ochres and other similar earths, and they were mixed with oils obtained from animals. ❋ Unknown (1860)

Using resources such as ochres and raw sienna mixed with organic materials such as roots, carmine, cochineal, ivory black and burnt bones, he fashioned the most radiant of colors. ❋ Hayley Griffith (2011)

Granite lifted from the shore below reflects the soft ochres and grays of sea rock, the very colors that make the paintings of Alan Magee so engaging: the paradox of the hard and cold softened by rounded forms and earthen tones. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Like Guston's infinite shades of pink, Roman ochres can be pale or saturated, constantly changing in the brilliant light and over time. ❋ Karen Wilkin (2011)

I was struck (and had a giggle) by one of the comments on the brochure from one of his critics Charles Bigot who said "from a only a few paces away everything he tries to produce disappears: we see no more than a formless ensemble - a series of crude blotches of unpleasant blues, pinks and ochres." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The colours are lovely (all dark greens, shady blues and warm ochres) and the sense of invention magically nostalgic. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The vivid greens of Spring and Summer, the reds and ochres of Autumn and perhaps most especially Winter's light sprinkles of brilliant white snow all complement and enhance the luminous glow and harmonious lines of this truly exceptional structure. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is all harmonized by a rich but subdued palette of autumnal reds, oranges, greens and ochres except for "Preoccupied with the Blue". ❋ ArtScene (2010)

The road climbs away from the city and slides across a vast plain that ripples in rich browns and ochres and greens to the encircling mountains. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even if you use a color name like "yellow ochre," you will find that no two manufacturers' yellow ochres are the same in terms of hue, value and chroma, and sometimes they can really be startlingly different. ❋ James Gurney (2010)

The farmland was an orchestra, its ochres holding a baritone below the soft bells of farmhouses, altos of shadowed hills, violins grieving the late afternoon light. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The people who love it and thrive here are those that can see all the earth tones (browns, reds, rusts, ochres, lavenders), the tremendous varieties of blue in the sky, and have an abiding love of life's struggle to overcome odds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I was struck and had a giggle by one of the comments on the brochure from one of his critics Charles Bigot who said "from a only a few paces away everything he tries to produce disappears: we see no more than a formless ensemble- a series of crude blotches of unpleasant blues, pinks and ochres." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Reflecting the yellows and the ochres and the oranges at sunrise and sunset, the whole scene will surely look like a Turner painting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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