PRONUNCIATION:(UM-buhr)
MEANING:noun: A natural brown earth, used as a pigment; a reddish-brown color.
ETYMOLOGY:Via French from Latin umbra (shade, shadow), which also gave us the words umbrella, umbrage, adumbrate, and somber. Umbria, a region of ancient Italy, has also been suggested as an origin for this term. The color burnt umber is made by roasting umber (From: A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg)
Another lovely autumn word. Enjoy the slow color fade to russet and umber. It seems Rembrandt used these colors so richly on his canvas as seen in his "Return of the prodigal son".
No comments:
Post a Comment