ochre

/'oukə/

Thân thiện

The artist mixes ochre paint on her palette.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A moderate yellow-orange to orange color: A specific hue that is a mixture of yellow and orange, often described as earthy or muted.
   • Any of various natural earths containing silica, alumina, and ferric oxide; used as a pigment: A type of clay or earth that is colored by iron oxide, historically and artistically used to create paint.

2. Adjective:

   • Of a moderate orange-yellow color: Describing something that has the color of ochre.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Color):

  • The artist mixed yellow and red to achieve a perfect ochre.
  • The walls of the ancient villa were painted in a warm ochre.

• Noun (Pigment):

  • Prehistoric cave paintings were often made using red ochre.
  • She ground the natural ochre into a fine powder to make her own paint.

• Adjective:

  • The ochre leaves covered the forest floor in autumn.
  • They painted the door an ochre shade to match the desert landscape.

Advanced Usage

• "Burnt ochre": A darker, redder brown shade of ochre created by heating the raw pigment.

  • The painter used burnt ochre to add depth to the shadows.

• "Yellow ochre": A specific variant of the pigment that leans more towards a golden yellow color.

  • Yellow ochre is a staple in many landscape painters' palettes.

Variants and Related Words

• Ocher: The American English spelling of "ochre".

  • The art supply store labeled the pigment as 'ocher'.

• Ochreous (adj): Resembling or containing ochre.

  • The ochreous soil stained their boots.

Synonyms

• Noun (Color): Mustard, goldenrod, tawny.
• Noun (Pigment): Sienna, umber (other natural earth pigments).

Related Phrases

• "Ochre pit": A site where ochre is mined or collected.
  • The archaeologists studied the ancient ochre pit for clues about early trade.

Related Idioms

• "To paint with an ochre brush": (A less common, creative idiom) To describe or portray something with broad, earthy, or traditional strokes; to view things in a simplistic or fundamental way.
  • His memoir doesn't paint his childhood with an ochre brush; it shows all its complex colors.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of a moderate orange-yellow color

Noun

1. a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
2. any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment

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• ocher