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, ...

From incredible cave paintings to home-made jewellery, it's well known that Stone Age man had an artistic streak. Now experts have examined a large collection of iron-rich rock ochre - a mineral used ...

Ancient cave paintings are testimony to the fact Stone Age man was keen artist. Now researchers have recovered a small stone flake that suggests South Africans expertly made their paint using milk and ...

The workshops were to celebrate NAIDOC Week and a way for the children to understand traditional art, culture and stories. "It's a ochre workshop so it actually teaches them about how the Aboriginal ...

Ochre pigment was widely used in prehistoric rock art for its vivid red color, but little is known about how the paint was made. According to a study published November 19 in Scientific Reports that ...

Archaeologists are learning how we evolved our cognitive abilities with the help of ochre, an ancient pigment used for everything from body paint to sunscreen. Smeared on shells, piled in graves, ...

At the start of this year, Mason updated their made-in-Scotland Raw adventure hardtail mountain bike for the first time since ...

If there was one color to make its mark this year, it was butter yellow. But with fall now upon us, this nostalgic shade that bridged the gap between neutrals and bolder color trends is being replaced ...

A coating of bright red powder on the insides of a pair of 100,000-year-old abalone shells is evidence of the oldest known art workshop, a new study says. The powder was found inside two shells in ...

Ochre, one of Earth's oldest naturally occurring materials, was often used as a vivid red paint in ancient rock art known as pictographs across the world. Despite its broad use throughout human ...