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 ...

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...

Ochre is still used throughout parts of Africa as a form of sunscreen. Its uses go back 285,000 years. Supplied In Africa, ochre is used for protection from the sun and as a barrier from insects such ...