Ochre Brown

Ochre

Ochre is a family of natural clay earth pigments, made up of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand, ranging in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. The term is also used for the colours produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow. A variant of ochre containing a large amount of hematite, or dehydrated iron oxide, has a reddish tint known as red ochre. The term "ochre" is colloquially used to cover a range of different substances used for their colours in Aboriginal Australian art and ceremonial decoration, for instance the clay known as "white ochre" or "pipe clay" is derived from kaolin or gypsum.

Brown

Brown is a color. It can be thought as a darker, typically desaturated shade of orange, and can often be produced by combining red and yellow with another color, namely blue.

ochre

Noun

1. A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.

Adjective

1. Having a yellow-orange colour.
2. Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.

brown

Noun

1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
2. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

Adjective

1. Having a brown color/colour.
2. Gloomy.