ocher

Describes a pale yellow-brown or earthy yellow color, resembling the natural clay pigment.

• 🇩🇪Beschreibt eine blasse gelbbraune oder erdig-gelbe Farbe, die an das natürliche tonige Pigment Ocker erinnert.

1. Moderate orange-yellow color B2 formal

   Describing a color that is a moderate shade of orange-yellow, resembling the natural pigment.

   • The walls were painted a warm ocher hue.
   • She wore an ocher scarf that matched the autumn leaves.
   • The artist used ocher tones to create a sunset effect.

   🇩🇪Moderater orangegelber Farbton

   Synonyme: ochre

• more ocher comparative form
• most ocher superlative form

A noun referring to a moderate yellow-orange to orange color, or any of various earths containing silica, alumina, and ferric oxide used as a pigment.

• 🇩🇪Ein Substantiv, das eine gemäßigte gelb-orange bis orange Farbe bezeichnet sowie verschiedene eisenhaltige Erden, die als Pigment verwendet werden.

1. Color B2 formal

   A moderate yellow-orange to orange color.

   • The artist used ocher to paint the sunset.
   • The walls were painted in a warm ocher tone.
   • Ocher is a common color in ancient cave paintings.

   🇩🇪Farbe

   Synonyme: ochre

2. Pigment B2 formal

   Any of various natural earths containing silica, alumina, and ferric oxide, used as a pigment.

   • The ancient Egyptians used ocher for their murals.
   • Ocher was one of the first pigments used by humans.
   • The artist ground ocher into a fine powder to mix with oil.

   🇩🇪Ocker

   Synonyme: ochre

• ochers plural form
• ochers' possessive plural form
• ocher's possessive singular form