Found 2 items, similar to Ocher.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ocher
ocher
adj : of a moderate orange-yellow color [syn:
ochre]
n 1: a moderate yellow-orange to orange color [syn:
ochre]
2: any of various earths containing silica and alumina and
ferric oxide; used as a pigment [syn:
ochre]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ocher
Ocher
\O"cher\, Ochre
\O"chre\, n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr.
?, from (?) pale, pale yellow.]
1. (Min.)
(a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay,
usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used
as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also
applied to clays of other colors.
(b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as,
tungstic ocher or tungstite.
[1913 Webster]
2. The color of ocher[1], varying around orange, from more
yellowish to more reddish in tint.
[PJC]