Homes and Gardens on MSN

Move Over Butter Yellow: Ochre Is the Cozy Neutral Designers Are Loving This Fall

While butter yellow was the cheerful, go-to hue of summer, ochre is the richer alternative designers are turning to this fall ...
House Digest on MSN

The Vintage Paint Color That Will Never Go Out Of Style

Some paint colors get stuck in time -- a tone that lives in history, but they aren't timeless. This color worked in the 70s ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Remarkable New Research on Ochre ‘Crayons’ Colors in Scientists’ Understanding of How Neanderthals Made Art

A recently published study suggests humans' creative inclinations go back much further than previously thought ...

Ancient ochre crayons from Crimea reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behaviors

Ochre is an iron-rich mineral pigment that was used by many ancient civilizations for color, decoration and practical tasks ...
Science Daily

Scientists use modern technology to understand how ochre paint was created in pictographs

Ochre was often used as a vivid red paint in ancient rock art known as pictographs. Despite its broad use throughout human history and a modern focus on how the artistic symbolism is interpreted, ...

Neanderthals used ‘crayons’ to color

Neanderthals are getting a well-deserved scientific rewrite. A growing body of paleoarchaeological evidence indicates that ...
Discover Magazine

5 Famous Paint Colors First Made From Mummies, Insects, and Ancient Rocks

Elizabeth Gamillo is a staff writer for Discover and Astronomy. She has written for Science magazine as their 2018 AAAS Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Intern and was a daily contributor for ...
Forbes

Inside Ochre: Take A Look At London’s Hottest New Restaurant

Red Deer co-founder and lead architect and designer of Ochre, Lucas Che Tizard, was inspired by the color palette found within the National Gallery’s collection. (London, UK)—Ochre, the National ...