ocher

Ingredients

ocher

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

Used specifically by Timurid and Turkman painters in Shiraz to paint the trunks of trees, horses, and robes (p. 232). Inju style painters notably avoided pure ocher, preferring mixtures of other pigments for brown (p. 232).

Evidence

"The Timurid and Turkman painters of Shiraz used ocher to create a brown colour, while the Inju style painter used the combination of cinnabar + orpiment instead of ocher to create a brown colour"

Remarks

The choice to use ocher for brown is a primary differentiator between the Timurid/Turkman styles and the Inju style in Shiraz (p. 232).