ochre
/ˈəʊkə
/(US also ocher)
noun [mass noun]
1An earthy pigment containing ferric oxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown or red: [with modifier]: yellow ochre...
- The palette is severely limited: blacks, grays, browns, and the acidic yellow ochre of the faces.
- A streak of yellow ochre holds a form together, but on perusal, it becomes a muscle, the features of a face or a spinal column.
- But the traditional colours used for the art remain ochre red and yellow, shades of blue and white and black.
1.1A pale brownish yellow colour.But the water is ochre in colour and tastes bitter....
- Spore prints can be ochre in colour but difficult to obtain.
- The walls are freshly painted in strong colours from yellow to ochre, or pink and bright blue.
Derivatives
ochreish
ochreous
/ adjective ...- The opening scene of the ballet is a landscape of stark blue sky and ochreous sun-baked hills with Pan's grotto in the foreground.
- This gives the wooden pieces an ocherous tint that, after some time, turns red brown.
ochroid
/ adjective ...- I loved Adrian, with his sunny disposition to match his ochroid hair.
- The snow fell and collided against the ochroid flames.
ochrous
ochry
Origin
Middle English: from Old French ocre, via Latin from Greek ōkhra 'yellow ochre'.
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