noun
Etymology: Middle English yelu okyr, from yelow, yelu yellow + oker, okyr ocher
1. : a mixture of limonite usually with clay and silica used as a pigment
2. : a moderate orange yellow that is yellower and darker than deep chrome yellow — called also Chinese yellow, English ocher, French ocher, imperial yellow, Italian lake, mineral yellow, ocher yellow, Oxford chrome, Oxford ocher, oxide yellow, permanent yellow, quercitron lake, yellow sienna