Pigments

Ocre jaune foncé JFLES (Jaune Foncé Lavé Extra Supérieur) (= dark yellow ochre JFLES - Dark Yellow Washed Extra Superior) is our ochre star. It is extracted from ochre ore in our quarry at Gargas (Vaucluse). To recover it pure, it is necessary to follow a long process of extraction, separation, washing, settling, drying and grinding (for more information on the manufacture of ochre, clic HERE). It is also with ocre jaune JFLES (dark yellow ochre JFLES) that ocre rouge RFLES (red ochre RFLES) is made by calcinating it. Its color is luminous, soft.
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ocre jaune clair (= light yellow ochre) is extracted by hand for tourist purposes in Rustrel, in former ochre quarries a few kilometers from ours, to show the stage of washing. It is then crushed and bagged in the factory of Ocres de France. It is the lightest of all our ochres.
This pigment is 100% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ocre jaune JCL (= yellow ochre JCL) is extracted from ochre ore in our quarry in Gargas (Vaucluse). It has a poorer quality than dark yellow ocher JFLES. Less thin, less loaded with iron oxide, it is what is called "the discovery". When the bulldozer starts digging, it releases a first layer of ore : it is the yellow ocher JCL. 
This pigment is 100% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'Oxy Apt jaune is a pigment preparation based on our yellow ochre. First called "yellow oxide of Apt" in reference to the city of Apt -where is the Ocres de France's factory-, it has become over the time the Oxy Apt jaune (yellow oxy Apt).
This pigment is 98% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ocre jaune de Puisaye (= yellow ochre from Puisaye) is extracted in a clay quarry of Puisaye (whose "discovery" is ochre), in the Bourgogne area, then grinded and conditioned in the factory of Ocres de France, in Apt. This ochre is more loaded with iron oxide than ocre jaune foncé JFLES (= dark yellow ochre JFLES). 
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ocre Iclès-Sof (= Iclès-Sof ochre) is a pigment preparation based on our yellow ochre made by Ocres de France in 2004.
This pigment is 99% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Terre jaune d'Italie (= yellow earth from Italy) is a coloured earth which come from the Verona hills. It is dried, purified and ground using hammer mills.
This pigment is 100% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Jaune Indien is a pigment preparation made by Ocres de France.
This pigment is 100% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Jaune 920 is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment.

Jaune citron is a pigment preparation created in 2015 by Ocres de France.
This pigment is synthetic without any danger for health or the environment. It is composed of 99 % of natural ingredients.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Jaune bataille is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Italy.
Warning : end of stock for this pigment.

Jaune fluorescent (= fluorescent yellow) is a 100% synthetic pigment, exclusively for decoration and fine arts.

Ocre Havane (= havane ochre) is the only orange hue of the ochres of Vaucluse. It is manufactured in Apt by Ocres de France.
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment fabriqué par la Société des Ocres de France

L'ocre abricot de Puisaye (= apricot ochre from Puisaye) is extracted in a clay quarry of Puisaye (whose "discovery" is ochre), in the Bourgogne area, then baked, grinded and conditioned in the factory of Ocres de France, in Apt. 
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

Orange 960 is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Allemagne.

Orange Ercolano is a synthetic pigment without any danger for health or the environment, manufactured in Italy.
Warning : end of stock for this pigment.

Orange fluorescent (= fluorescent orange) is a 100% synthetic pigment, exclusively for decoration and fine arts.

Ocre rouge RFLES (= red ochre RFLES - dark red washed extra superior) results from the cooking of the ocre jaune JFLES (yellow ochre JFLES), extracted from our quarry in Gargas (Vaucluse). It is the finest ochre, the most followed and the most loaded in iron oxide (for more information, read our article on the manufacture of ochre HERE).
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ocre rouge RFL (= red ochre RFL - washed dark red) results from the cooking of the yellow ochre JCL, extracted in our quarry in Gargas (Vaucluse). This ochre is of lower quality than RFLES red ochre.
Ce pigment est 100% naturel. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'Oxy Apt rouge is a pigment preparation based on our yellow ochre. First called "red oxide of Apt" in reference to the city of Apt -where is the Ocres de France's factory-, it has become over the time the Oxy Apt rouge (= red oxy Apt).
This pigment is 100% natural.

Pigment made by Ocres de France

L'ocre rouge de Puisaye (= red ochre from Puisaye) is extracted in a clay quarry of Puisaye (whose "discovery" is ochre), in the Bourgogne area, then baked, grinded and conditioned in the factory of Ocres de France, in Apt. 
This pigment is 100% natural. 

Pigment made by Ocres de France