ocher
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- adjective
- /ˈoʊkər/
- US
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- Against the ocher walls, the vibrant flowers created a striking contrast.
- ocher brown
Examples
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Mars, an ocher disk, shouldered ever closer in from the side.
Fiction book (1992) -
And someone told me, yeah, it's soft ochre, honey baby.
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It was ocher and black.
Fiction book (1991) -
Starting off with a little bit of soft ochre all over the lid.
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The abdomen is ocher and covered with small dark spots.
Blog text (30) -
Furthermore, both artists have chosen somber, almost monochromatic palettes of black, brown, ocher, and white.
Academic text (1996) -
RS: red sodium, marine-paint red, a deep carmine with an ocher tinge.
Fiction book (1992) -
And five miles up over marvelously regular squares of green and ocher farmland, Heidi saw herself ascending toward the glory that had always haloed her father's being.
Fiction book (2001) -
The desert rolled in shades of ocher and red under the blazing sun.
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The artist chose ocher paint for the sunset background in her landscape.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having the color between red and yellow like ripe citrus fruit
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3.6
A little like the color orange
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1.0
Having the color of a ripe orange
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4.0
A color that looks a little like orange between red and yellow
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1.9
A color between yellow and orange, like a sunset
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3.0
A colour between yellow and orange, like a sunset
Having a yellow-brown color like dry earth used as paint
A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange
Having the color of a ripe orange
A color like orange with a little red
Compounds
How Orange
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ocher comes from the old Greek word ōkhra, which means 'pale yellow'. It was the name for the yellow earth people used as paint, so calling something ocher paints a clear picture of that warm yellow‑orange color.