Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ocher

Ocher , noun

[French ocre, Latin ochra, from Greek {not transcribed}, from ({not transcribed}) pale, pale yellow.]

1.
(a) (Mineralogy) 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.
(b)
(Mineralogy) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
2.
The color of ocher{1}, varying around orange, from more yellowish to more reddish in tint.

Also: Ochre