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• umber — brown earthy pigment, 1560s, from M.Fr. ombre (in terre d ombre), or It. ombra (in terra di ombra), both from either L. umbra shade, shadow (see UMBRAGE (Cf. umbrage)) or from Umbra, fem. of Umber belonging to Umbria, region in central Italy from …   Etymology dictionary

• brown meagre — juodasis kuprys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Sciaena ùmbra angl. black umber; brown meagre rus. мелакопия; чёрный тёмный горбыль ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrieji kupriai …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

• Umber — Um ber, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d ombre, It. terra d ombra, literally, earth of shadow or shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. {Umber}, 3 & 4, {Umbrage}.] 1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• umber bird — Umber Um ber, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d ombre, It. terra d ombra, literally, earth of shadow or shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. {Umber}, 3 & 4, {Umbrage}.] 1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• umber — umber1 [um′bər] n. [Fr (terre d )ombre < It (terra d )ombra, lit., (earth of) shade, prob. < L umbra, a shade, shadow (but based on ? UMBRIA)] 1. a kind of earth containing oxides of manganese and iron, used as a pigment: raw umber is… …   English World dictionary

• Umber — Um ber, a. Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive brown; dark brown; dark; dusky. [1913 Webster] Their harps are of the umber shade That hides the blush of waking day. J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• umber — ► NOUN ▪ a natural pigment, normally dark yellowish brown in colour (raw umber) or dark brown when roasted (burnt umber). ORIGIN from French terre d ombre, earth of shadow , from Latin umbra shadow or Umbra Umbrian …   English terms dictionary

• Umber — is a natural brown clay pigment which contains iron and manganese oxides. The color becomes more intense when calcined (heated), and the resulting pigment is called burnt umber. Its name derives from the Latin word umbra (shadow) and was… …   Wikipedia

• brown — [adj] dark, burnished color amber, auburn, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust …   New thesaurus

• Brown — This article is about the color. For other uses, see Brown (disambiguation). Brown …   Wikipedia

• brown — Synonyms and related words: Argos brown, Bordeaux, Cologne brown, Mexican red, Roman umber, Saint Benoit, Turkey umber, acorn, alesan, alizarin brown, anthracene brown, anthragallol, antique brown, antique gold, autumn leaf, bake, barbecue, baste …   Moby Thesaurus