UMBER


Meaning of UMBER in English

n. & adj.

n. 1 a natural pigment like ochre but darker and browner. 2 the colour of this.

adj. 1 of this colour. 2 dark, dusky.

[ F (terre d') ombre or It. (terra di) ombra = shadow (earth), f. L UMBRA or Umbra fem. of Umber Umbrian ]

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