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ochre

/oh-ker/US // ˈoʊ kər //UK // (ˈəʊkə) //

赭石色,赭色,赭红色,赭红

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Definitions

  1. 1

    o·chred, o·chring.

    • : ocher.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The toilet area is painted an ochre color, darker than the rest of the dorm.

  • It has faded from pixelated gray to rusted ochre, fringed on the edges with black sweat grease.

  • The ochre spaghetti you get looks steampunk, but tastes just fine.

  • Our guide, Mouha, glanced up at the trail that disappeared far into the ochre uplands.

  • In this 1962 painting, called “Ochre and Black,” Gottlieb shows us pulling a face.

  • Burnt ochre, which is very serviceable in stucco work, is made as follows.

  • Into this they pour chalk and bray it, obtaining the colour of Attic yellow ochre.

  • Brick dust and yellow ochre are sometimes found as adulterants.

  • The female must content herself with burnt sienna back-covering which comes down onto her ochre-coloured belly.

  • "Churinga" in Australia are greased with the natural moisture of the palm of the hand, and rubbed with red ochre.