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Type Words
Synonyms ochre
Type of saffron, orange yellow
Type Words
Synonyms ochre
Type of earth color
Has types yellow ocher, yellow ochre, sinopia, sinoper, sinopis
Type Words
Synonyms ochre

Examples of ocher

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Pre-Estuarine, the oldest, is characterized by imagery in a red ocher pigment.
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He prefers ocher to the chemical yellows that the impressionists first popularized.
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I found his conclusion that the hash marks on ocher had to be primitive art.
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In the historic center, all homes are painted shades of terra cotta, ocher and coffee.
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With the gold gone, the sword's elaborate hilt had turned a dull ocher.
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In a dining room clad with wine-red walls, I would suggest an aged ocher for the ceiling.
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Its 24 rooms, done in orange and ocher, some with kitchenettes, circle an inviting pool.
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In the other egg the curry flavoring infuses the white with an ocher hue.
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Look for rugs, upholstery and fabrics in rust red, yellow ocher, marine blue and lime green.
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  • Of a moderate orange-yellow color
  • Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
  • Ochre (/u02C8ou028Aku0259r/ OH-ku0259r; from Greek: u1F60u03C7u03C1u03CCu03C2, u014Dkhru00F3s, (pale yellow, pale), also spelled ocher, see spelling differences) is a natural earth pigment containing hydrated iron oxide, which ranges in color from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colors produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow...
  • Or ochre: Ochers are inorganic pigments, mostly oxide minerals. Unmodified, ocher usually refers to an iron oxide. Specific ochers include: {Hackh}
  • An earthy clay, colored with iron oxides and varying in color from pale yellow to deep orange or brownish-red (adj.- ocherous- of a yellow or red color)