Colours made from limonite
4 colours that our sources say are made from limonite.
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Ochre
A natural earth pigment ranging from yellow to deep orange or brownPigment · 🇦🇺 Australia +5
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Falu redfalu rödfärg
A deep red paint pigment from the Falun copper mine, used on wooden houses in SwedenPigment · 🇸🇪 Sweden +2
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Sienna
A reddish-brown earth pigment named after the city of Siena in ItalyPigment · 🇫🇷 France
Yellow
Golden ochre
A warm yellow pigment rich in iron, prized since ancient times for its pure colourPigment · 🇬🇷 Greece +2
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sienna: DanielCD~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Golden ochre: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Falu red: Moralist, Public domain, source
- Ochre: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source