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Several other browns, and ochrous earths, partake of a citrine hue, such as Cassel Earth, Bistre, &c.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Van Houtte shows us two in his admirable Flore des Serres; C.l. candida, from Syon House, pure white excepting the ochrous throat—which is invariable—and C.l. picta, deep red, from the collection of J.J.

From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick

The basis consists partly of a streaked, ochrous earth, and in part of sand, concreted with particles of iron ore.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 by Flinders, Matthew

A yellow-brown, so yellow that it might fairly have been classed with the ochrous colours of that denomination, is made by combining zinc with another metal by the aid of heat.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

What we have succeeded in producing, and the genuine samples we have met with, have been fawns, buffs, drabs, &c., decidedly "ochrous" yellows, and wanting in stability.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas