ocher
noun
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
ocherous
-
a word derived from
ocher.
Example Sentences
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In another gesture of respect, this time to Confucius, she chose to paint the galleries an ocherous yellow, because it is “the color of royalty and dynasty,” she said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2010
These stiff hieratic forms are carved from cottonwood and then painted with pigments decocted from soot, blood, flowers and ocherous clays he gathers himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was to cure it of financial jaundice and infect it with another ocherous bug.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trees were thick with their foliage of ocherous green.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Sometimes, and with a sharp effect of contrast, occurred prosperous squares; but even these, with their houses so uniformly tall and ocherous, delivered a presage of irremediable decadency.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
