Ochre
Ochre (/ˈoʊkər/ OH-kər; from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós) 'pale'), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of 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" (or, in some dialects, ruddle).
| Ochre | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #CC7722 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (204, 119, 34) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (30°, 83%, 80%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (58, 87, 37°) |
| Source | colorxs.com/color |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep orange |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The word ochre also describes clays coloured with iron oxide derived during the extraction of tin and copper.
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