any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
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a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
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of a moderate orange-yellow color
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Ocher \O"cher\, Ochre \O"chre\, n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. ?, from (?) pale, pale yellow.] 1. (Min.) (a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. (b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
2. The color of ocher[1], varying around orange, from more yellowish to more reddish in tint. [PJC]
Ochre \O"chre\, n. (Min.) See {Ocher}.
"We've got many problems in Poland," said Antkowiak, dressed in a loose charcoal linen suit and ochre scarf. "For instance, we have to import all our fabrics.
In Galicia, the region's legendary green fields have turned ochre because the region has received 30 percent of its normal amount of rainfall from November through January _ the least amount of rain in 30 years, weather officials say.
There, a solid, four-square farmhouse of soft ochre colour stands silhouetted against a dark sky.
I was sitting in the cathedral of Colmar, halfway up the nave, the long Gothic windows sun-blue in the late autumn mildness, the walls dusty ochre.
Leading off with a line of ochre prints, Ferre put plenty of care into the collection, though it didn't always look quite on the mark.