Meaning & use
ocher
Last updated
A pale brownish-yellow pigment or colour, or the natural clay earth from which it is made.
See it in a sentence
The desert cliffs glowed a deep ocher in the sunset.
Ancient artists used ocher to create some of the earliest cave paintings.
A note on using this word
Ochre is the more common British spelling, while ocher is standard in American English.
Words with a similar meaning
ochre
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “ocher”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.