ocher
or o·chre
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.
the color of this, ranging from pale yellow to an orangish or reddish yellow.
Obsolete. money, especially gold coin.
of the color of ocher.
to color or mark with ocher.
Origin of ocher
1Other words from ocher
- o·cher·ous, o·cher·y, adjective
Words Nearby ocher
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How to use ocher in a sentence
Outside in the rose garden, approximately 2,500 bushes harbor flowers chosen to match the warm ocher tones of the sandstone building.
In France, Narbonne takes a turn in the international spotlight | Sylvie Bigar | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostThe 45,500-year-old ocher painting depicts a Sulawesi warty pig, which appears to be watching a standoff between two other pigs.
This painted pig is the world’s oldest figurative art | Kiona N. Smith | January 15, 2021 | Ars TechnicaEvery feature was sharp and the colors were vivid; ocher, green, and silver gleaming with light.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossFemale—The female is much more of an ocher brown than the male, and without the stripe on the neck or the lead color of the bill.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom PayneShe shall be veiled to her eyes, with a bit of ocher on her forehead.
The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrath
Upper wing-coverts and secondaries fuscous-black (freshly molted feathers blacker) narrowly edged with olive-ocher.
Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo | James ChapinIt is made of white and reddish-brown bark, and sometimes the white ones are colored with red ocher.
The Bontoc Igorot | Albert Ernest Jenks
British Dictionary definitions for ocher
/ (ˈəʊkə) /
the US spelling of ochre
Derived forms of ocher
- ocherous or ochery, adjective
- ochroid (ˈəʊkrɔɪd), adjective
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