Oloo Orange is used for painting on ceramics by local potters. Sharon spoke with Imat Erine about the colors in Oloo. She had very beautiful red painted pots and we were curious to learn about the color and where she found them. In her conversation she said the Oloo Orange color was also used for painting traditional hut houses. She gave us one young man who led us into the forest to where potters collect the the color. The color is a traditional clay color of the place and everyone thinks that’s the look of the red, so we called it “Oloo Red” at first.

(“Imat” is a general name given to old Mama’s in Lango culture. It was introduced to prevent young people from calling elders with their real names, because our culture believes that it is disrespectful to call elders by their names.)

(Oloo Orange: 20 ml = 13 g; 35 ml = 25 g; 55 ml = 40 g; sample = 2 g)