Yellow Ochre - Color Name of Hex #CB9D06

Last week a CeCe Caldwell’s Paints Distributor had a customer ask for a mix to produce a light ochre color. Since other people had generously been sharing their mixes with me recently for the blog, I decided it was time to get back into the lab and stir up a new hue, starting with this […]

I was curious about how Yellow Ochre mixed with powerfull transparent pigments would really be, so I did some swatches here and thought to share here in […]

First row, left to right: Lancaster Yellow, Pale Hound, Hound Lemon, Farrow's Cream, Dayroom Yellow. Second row: Dorset Cream, Gervase Yellow, Hay, Yellow Ground, Babouche. Third row: Citron, Ciara Yellow, Straw, Print Room Yellow, Sudbury Yellow. Fourth row: Octagon Yellow, Orangery, India Yellow, Cane. Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Yellow Ochre is a legendary pigment that dates back to prehistoric times. The colour giving component of natural yellow ochre is limonite, a mix of several minerals. As it is a natural pigment, it is subject to some hue variation. Resene Celebrate Y74-130-078. Hex #eaa225 CMYK 0, 31, 84, 8.

100% COTTON

The easiest way to follow your favorite blogs

This arch was on a side street in Siena.