variants
or ochre
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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At a site now known as Barranco Gómez in eastern Spain, an artist depicted a sophisticated robbery using ocher on a cave wall.
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Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
When mixed together, ocher and bitumen create a sticky mass that was likely attached to stones and other tools, the scientists say.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Two decades on, the millennial glisten has given way to organic austerity; the dominant tones are now ocher and umber, turmeric and coffee.
—Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
And in Africa, tree resin and ocher had been used to create similar compounds in ancient communities.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
When mixed together, ocher and bitumen create a sticky mass that was likely attached to stones and other tools, the scientists say.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Two decades on, the millennial glisten has given way to organic austerity; the dominant tones are now ocher and umber, turmeric and coffee.
—Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
And in Africa, tree resin and ocher had been used to create similar compounds in ancient communities.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Ocher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ocher. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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ocher
noun
variants
or ochre
1
: an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as coloring matter
2
: the color of yellow ocher
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