ocher

noun

\ ˈō-kər

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variants: or ochre

Definition of ocher

1 : an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment

2 : the color of ocher especially : the color of yellow ocher

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Still, their palette of blue, greys and white is an update of the red-orange-ocher tile combos found in old Lebanese houses. — Ian Phillips, WSJ, "A Dull New Apartment Gets an Infusion of Personality," 8 Nov. 2018 The all-day café Maison de Tết Décor occupies an ocher mansion on West Lake; go for sunset drinks on the balcony or Aussie-style breakfasts (grain bowls, eggs from the owners’ farm). — Peter Jon Lindberg, Condé Nast Traveler, "Hanoi, Time and Again," 20 Nov. 2018 The thinking that animates the conference circuit is that a place like Laguna, where attendees meet against a backdrop of heart-stopping ocher sunsets, is highly conducive to productive discourse. — Gerard Baker, WSJ, "California’s Tech Titans Fight Fires of Their Own," 16 Nov. 2018 Her stilettos were leopard print, her skirt leather, her coat suede, in a warm ocher color that would have blended nicely with the red-earth airstrips of the African bush. — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, "Melania Trump Gave Us All a Valuable Lesson in How Not to Dress in Africa," 9 Oct. 2018 My entire closet now is taupes and ocher, and everything is linen. — Vogue, "The New Crew: The Founders of King Restaurant in New York City’s West Village," 10 Sep. 2018 Before taking up the browns, grays and ochers of Cubism, the young Pablo Picasso spent the years 1901 to 1906 creating colorful works of enigmatic realism that started out in shades of blue and ended up in shades of pink. — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, "Picasso Before Cubism, in Blue and Rose," 17 Aug. 2018 The metallic ocher boucle on the seat cushions adds luster. — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, "Bold color helps a family put their mark on their new dining room," 13 July 2018 Peterson has programmed the projector to color it the light ocher of a beach. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "Unseen Oceans: How the American Museum of Natural History Builds a New Exhibit," 21 June 2018

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