ochre
ocher /ˈōkər / ‹chiefly Brit.› ochre I. noun 1. an earthy pigment containing ferric oxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown or red. 2. a pale brownish yellow color. II. derivatives 1. ocherish /ˈōk(ə)riSH / adjective 2. ocheroid /ˈōk(ə)roid / adjective 3. ocherous /ˈōk(ə)rəs / adjective 4. ochery adjective – origin Middle English: from Old French ocre, via Latin from Greek ōkhra ‘yellow ocher.’
Ochre (/ˈoʊkər/ OH-kər; from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós) 'pale'), iron ochre, sometimes ocher in American English,[1] is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.[2] It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the colours produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow.[3][4] A variant of ochre containing a large amount of hematite, or dehydrated iron oxide, has a reddish tint known as red ochre (or, in some dialects, ruddle).
Ochre
About these coordinates Color coordinates
Hex triplet
#CC7722
sRGBB (r, g, b)
(204, 119, 34)
HSV (h, s, v)
(30°, 83%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(58, 87, 37°)
Source
colorxs.com/color
ISCC–NBS descriptor
Deep orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Ochre pigment
Ochre is also clays coloured with iron oxide derived during the extraction of tin and copper.[5]
