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ochre

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This overlook, near the visitor center, stares down into the maw of the striped ochre walls as they plunge 800 feet to the canyon floor below.

The toilet area is painted an ochre color, darker than the rest of the dorm.

It has faded from pixelated gray to rusted ochre, fringed on the edges with black sweat grease.

The ochre spaghetti you get looks steampunk, but tastes just fine.

Our guide, Mouha, glanced up at the trail that disappeared far into the ochre uplands.

In this 1962 painting, called “Ochre and Black,” Gottlieb shows us pulling a face.

Burnt ochre, which is very serviceable in stucco work, is made as follows.

Into this they pour chalk and bray it, obtaining the colour of Attic yellow ochre.

Brick dust and yellow ochre are sometimes found as adulterants.

The female must content herself with burnt sienna back-covering which comes down onto her ochre-coloured belly.

"Churinga" in Australia are greased with the natural moisture of the palm of the hand, and rubbed with red ochre.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ochre, such as: amber, bay, beige, bister, brick, and bronze.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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