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okhra
Greek · ancient
"pale yellow"
pale yellow, describing the earthy natural pigment
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ocre
Old French · medieval
"an earthy yellow-brown pigment"
carried through Latin into French pigment vocabulary
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ochre
English · 1300s
"a natural earthy pigment ranging from yellow to brown"
settled as the English word for the natural earthy pigment
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