An earthy red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment

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• ocher — or ochre noun Etymology: Middle English oker, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ocre, from Latin ochra, from Greek ōchra, from feminine of ōchros yellow Date: 14th century 1. an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mica — micalike, adj. /muy keuh/, n. any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic… …   Universalium