ocher
ocher or ochre or ochre.ous \'o--k*r\ \'o--k(*-)r*s\ \'o--k(*-)r*s, -kre--*s\ n [ME oker, fr. MF ocre, fr. L ochra, fr. Gk o-chra, f]r. fem. of o-chros yellow : an earthy usu. red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment 2: the color of ocher and esp. of yellow ocher - ocher.ous aj