0 a yellowish-orange colour, or a substance obtained from earth that is used for giving this colour to paints
1 having a yellowish-orange colour:
The room was decorated in deep reds, terracotta, and ochre yellow.
First you drive through the desert-like province of Jaen, with its blanket of olive trees and ochre dust.
He uses acrylic paints on canvas, sticking to earthy colours (black, white and ochres).
His warm colours predominate with an abundance of violets, blues and ochres.
Roasting the limonite changed it partially to hematite, producing red ochres, burnt umbers and siennas.
Such ochres were also used to paint their bodies for ceremonial purposes.
The ochres of the 1850s gave way to white faux blocks etched into the nave.