UMBER

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.

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