1. ochre - Noun
2. ochre - Adjective
3. ochre - Verb
4. ochre - Adjective Satellite
See Ocher.
A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.
A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHer clothes are made of rainbows And twenty thousand tears Shine through the spaces Of her golden ochre hair. Cat Stevens
An ivory painter's palette found inside the tomb of King Tutankhamun had small compartments with pigments of red ochre and five other colors. Source: Internet
As Lawlor states: In many Aboriginal rituals and ceremonies, red ochre is rubbed all over the naked bodies of the dancers. Source: Internet
Blue was also not used for dyeing fabric until long after red, ochre, pink and purple. Source: Internet
Charcoal, along with red and yellow ochre, was one of the first pigments used by Paleolithic man. Source: Internet
Chunling (2008), China Red. pg. 4 Red, black and white were the first colors used by artists in the Upper Paleolithic age, probably because natural pigments such as red ochre and iron oxide were readily available where early people lived. Source: Internet