English to Xhosa Meaning of ochre

Ochre :

noun

Ochre :: imbola

← Ocher

octagon →

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Definitions of ochre in English

Noun(1) a moderate yellow-orange to orange color(2) any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
Adjective(1) of a moderate orange-yellow color

Examples of ochre in English

(1) Today, their thick white walls and ocher terracotta roofs stand out from the lush green rain forest that surrounds them.(2) She might have finished the look with saffron eye shadow and lip balm tinted with ocher and alkanet root.(3) The landscape was colored mainly in dark ocher , with occasional areas in malachite green.(4) Visual entry to the central space is impeded by two thin horizontal lines in ocher and charcoal.(5) The hues, one to a box, ranged widely, including signal red, cadmium blue and yellow ocher .(6) He prepares red ocher , the most holy of pigments, a token of life.(7) The white sky and weedy ocher landscape have the blurry quality of an out-of-focus photograph.(8) Their stormy, nocturnal pigments of brown, rust, orange and ocher , mixed with black and white, seem to thicken like wet sand.(9) The most traditional way of coloring the runes would be with red ocher .(10) Her ocher splotch and muted browns matched the castle.(11) It is a triangular piece of ochre or saffron coloured cloth with the Khanda emblem in the middle.(12) The Aztec courtesans used a pale yellow ochre powder on their faces to make them look beautiful.(13) This gives the wooden pieces an ocherous tint that, after some time, turns red brown.(14) I used a mixture of green, sienna, brown and ochre .(15) It will be a warm, ochre colour, not a deep shade, more golden than brown.(16) The tunic, jerkin and pleated skirt she was wearing were in shades of red: from almost brownish ochre to bright red trim.

English to Xhosa Dictionary: ochre

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