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umber: see ocher ocher , mixture of varying proportions of iron oxide and clay, used as a pigment. It occurs naturally as yellow ocher (yellow or yellow-brown in color), the iron oxide being limonite, or as red ocher, the iron oxide being hematite.
..... Click the link for more information. . umber 1. any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon 2. any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment 3. Obsolete a. any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour umber [′əm·bər] (materials) A naturally occurring brown siliceous earth, deriving its color from iron oxides and manganese oxide; used as a paint pigment. umber A naturally occurring brown siliceous earth, containing hydrated iron oxide with small amounts of manganese oxide; used as a pigment in paint; turns red to reddish-brown when calcined, and then is called burnt umber. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings. The trampled earth of the river-banks and the peaty stain in the pools did not look drab but glowing umber, and the dark woods astir in the breeze did not look, as usual, dim blue with mere depth of distance, but more like wind-tumbled masses of some vivid violet blossom. |
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