adjective
- containing or resembling ocher; having a yellowish or reddish-brown color
Examples
- The ocherous soil stained her hiking boots a rusty brown.
- Ancient cave paintings were created using ocherous pigments.
- The cliff face had distinctive ocherous streaks running through it.
- Pottery made from ocherous clay has a warm, earthy appearance.
- The ocherous deposits indicated iron oxide in the rock formation.
- Artists prize ocherous earth for its natural coloring properties.