Colours of Lascaux
3 colours tied to Lascaux, France: made there, traded there or named after it.
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Yellow
A primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigmentsBasic colour · 🇫🇷 France +5
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Ochre
A natural earth pigment ranging from yellow to deep orange or brownPigment · 🇦🇺 Australia +5
Brown
Goethite
A yellowish to reddish brown mineral used as a pigment since ancient timesPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany +3
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Goethite: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ochre: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow: Mark Robinson, CC BY 2.0, source