I. noun
or ochre ˈōkə(r)
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English oker, from Middle French ocre, from Latin ochra, from Greek ōchra, from ōchros yellow, pale
1.
a. : an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore that is extensively used as a pigment ; also : any of various ferruginous clays — compare hematite , limonite
b. : an earthy metallic oxide
tungstic ocher
2. : the color of ocher, especially of yellow ocher : ocher yellow
3. : any of various chiefly yellow to orange pigments prepared from the natural ochers (as by washing, grinding, and sometimes calcining) — see burnt ocher ; compare sienna , umber
II. transitive verb
or ochre “
( ochered or ochred ; ochered or ochred ; ochering or ochring -k(ə)riŋ ; ochers or ochres )
: to color with ocher