From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Industry, Colours, Visualochreo‧chre British English, ocher American English /ˈəʊkə $ ˈoʊkər/ noun [uncountable]1TIa type of reddish-yellow earth used in paints2CCthe reddish-yellow colour of ochre —ochre adjectiveExamples from the Corpusochre• A three-storeyed neo-classical frontage of immenselength, the ground level is in greystone, the upperstoreys in paleochre.• All the surfaces were pale ochremud and dung which the women plastered over stone each year.• Humble houses were cobbled together from leavings stuccoed over and painted in pasteltones of pink, ochre and yellow.• Remember that these figurines were often painted with red ochre.• White acrylicmixed with cadmiumorange, yellow ochre or burntsienna allows Martin to overlap and cross-hatch.• I use ultramarine, yellow ochre and crimson.• Yellow ochre is a colour I often use for both undercoats and overpainting, having a good semi-transparent quality.
