umbers

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Synonyms for umbers

noun light brown

beige
brownish
drab
khaki
biscuit
bronze
brown
buff
cream
ecru
gold
natural
olive
saddle
sand
suntan
umber
leather-colored
olive-brown
tawny
yellowish

Word Origin & History

brown earthy pigment, 1560s, from Middle French ombre (in terre d'ombre), or Italian ombra (in terra di ombra), both from either Latin umbra "shade, shadow" (see umbrage) or from Umbra, fem. of Umber "belonging to Umbria," region in central Italy from which the coloring matter first came. Burnt umber, specially prepared and redder in color, is attested from c.1650.

Example Sentences for umbers

Shades are formed by the addition of the siennas, umbers, or black.

The umbers are in the same class with the siennas and ochres.

It contains, however, a lower percentage of the latter than in the case of umbers.

The older types of colouring matter—such as cadmium yellow, ochres, vermilion, umbers—have been superseded.

Some painters have a great liking for siennas and umbers as body colors for sleigh work.