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Pale yellow

ὠχρός

ōchros

Ōchros denotes a pale or yellowish color.

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Stobaeus, Volume I

John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Orientation

At a Glance

  • The wordŌchros denotes a pale or yellowish color.
  • In StobaeusThe Pythagorean report lists it beside white, black, and red.
  • In this edition“Pale yellow” is maintained for the printed term rather than silently substituting green.
  • A place to beginPale yellow completes the reported list of color kinds.
English renderings
pale yellow; pallid

Meaning

Ōchros denotes a pale or yellowish color. In this edition its color-classification use is rendered pale yellow.

Use in the book

The Pythagorean report lists it beside white, black, and red. The Timaeus quotation distinguishes it from xanthos, golden yellow, and describes it as a mixture of white with that color. Consistency preserves the difference between the two terms even where the textual tradition is uncertain.

Places to read

  1. I.16.1.2Pale yellow completes the reported list of color kinds.
  2. I.16.2.7Pale yellow is distinguished from golden yellow in the mixture sequence.

Translation in this edition

“Pale yellow” is maintained for the printed term rather than silently substituting green.

Source note

Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 148, 151. Wachsmuth retains ōchron in the early reports while discussing a proposed correction to chlōron; the correction is not adopted here.