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umbers

noun as in tan

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

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The older types of colouring matter—such as cadmium yellow, ochres, vermilion, umbers—have been superseded.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to umbers, such as: beige, brownish, drab, khaki, biscuit, and bronze.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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