Colours made from red ochre
3 colours that our sources say are made from red ochre.
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Sinopia
A reddish-brown earth pigment once prized for fresco underdrawingsPigment · 🇮🇹 Italy
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Pompeian red
A deep red seen on ancient Roman walls and ceramics, named for the ruins of PompeiiNamed shade
Black
National colours of New Zealand
Black, white or silver, and red ochre as New Zealand’s national coloursNational or team colour · 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sinopia: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pompeian red: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- National colours of New Zealand: Mehdi Nazarinia, GFDL 1.2, source