element

Yellow ochre

Elements · Colors & materials

A yellow iron-earth pigment. Not red ochre, and not gold as metal.

  • Yellow ochre is used in Medicine.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats yellow ochre among earth pigments and related preparations. A Roman-era pharmacological and craft use of yellow iron-earth, not red ochre and not gold.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

    used in · sourced · documented

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