Ochrous

Word OCHROUS
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The word "ochrous" in example sentences

What we have succeeded in producing, and the genuine samples we have met with, have been fawns, buffs, drabs, &c., decidedly "ochrous" yellows, and wanting in stability. ❋ George Field (N/A)

Rich and beautiful as it is, purple madder cannot be called brilliant; while Mars violet is, of course, ochrous. ❋ George Field (N/A)

We have produced it of various hues and tints, from an opaque and ochrous yellow, to a colour the most brilliant, transparent, and deep. ❋ George Field (N/A)

Several other browns, and ochrous earths, partake of a citrine hue, such as Cassel Earth, Bistre, &c. ❋ George Field (N/A)

It is essential to the purity of the reds, that the madder should be freed from both these colours; and it was probably due to insufficient aqueous washing of the root, that the old lakes were dull and muddy, mere brick-reds of ochrous hues. ❋ George Field (N/A)

A yellow-brown, so yellow that it might fairly have been classed with the ochrous colours of that denomination, is made by combining zinc with another metal by the aid of heat. ❋ George Field (N/A)

Their neatly tarred framework glistened, and they were always newly lime-washed, ochrous yellow or dazzling white, sea-green, or blue as the sky. ❋ Martin Andersen Nex�� (1911)

The floors were neatly sanded, the hearth was freshly brightened with the red ochrous clay of the country, and chairs and tables, though made of the plainest stuffs, and by a very rude mechanic, were yet so clean, neat and well-arranged, that the eye involuntarily surveyed them again and again with a very pleased sensation. ❋ Unknown (1845)

The basis consists partly of a streaked, ochrous earth, and in part of sand, concreted with particles of iron ore. ❋ Matthew Flinders (1794)

a lighter colour and more ochrous texture than the Vandyke brown of ❋ George Field (N/A)

a bright ochrous red in powder, when ground it becomes a bright ochre-orange, and affords with white very pure orange tints. ❋ George Field (N/A)

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