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Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 > Topic Options #187168 - 10/08/09 05:08 AM Umber BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague I enjoy the autums color words of this week's theme, but I'm really waiting for a dot of gold now to finish my imaginary painting with. ecru sorrel russet raw umber burnt umber Top #187172 - 10/08/09 07:54 AM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea] zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2270 Loc: R'lyeh Your post reminded me I had meant to look up umbrage to check out it had migrated from shadow to resentment. I was surprised by its still meaning shadow and something like hint (AHD). Top #187173 - 10/08/09 10:34 AM Re: Umber [Re: zmjezhd] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9400 Loc: this too shall pass >something like hint just a shade of meaning.. Top #187174 - 10/08/09 01:52 PM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 830 Loc: Land of Flat River Originally Posted By: BranShea I enjoy the autums color words of this week's theme, but I'm really waiting for a dot of gold now to finish my imaginary painting with. ecru sorrel russet raw umber burnt umber Me too Top #187175 - 10/08/09 02:40 PM Re: Umber [Re: tsuwm] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont Originally Posted By: tsuwm >something like hint just a shade of meaning.. almost an eco... Top #187182 - 10/08/09 06:18 PM Re: Umber [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague An echo of a song or a hazy shade of winter? Top #187183 - 10/08/09 06:18 PM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea] olly addict Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 611 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand Perhaps a tint of raw sienna for highlights? Can't go past the good ol earth colours eh? Top #187184 - 10/08/09 06:24 PM Re: Umber [Re: olly] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague You really know your paints. I put the sample links here because they show that these colors of the week are more a palet of (nice) different shades than fixed colors. Umber being the most distinctive one, a real pigment. ( the etymologies I have compared hesitate between shadow and Umbria. (the Dutch site chose for Umbria) Was it called umber because it came from the Latin umbra/shadow or was it called umber because it was first found in Umbria and used for shadows in paintings?) Yes, where are the autumn gold ochres and raw sienna's? Tomorrow? Edited by BranShea (10/08/09 06:49 PM) Top #187187 - 10/08/09 06:49 PM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea] olly addict Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 611 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand I spent a lot of my youth visiting all the galleries I could looking at paintings and trying to decipher the techniques and colours. I was fascinated by what could be achieved. I also had good art teachers at school. Top #187190 - 10/08/09 08:02 PM Re: Umber [Re: olly] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381 Did anybody else not receive Tuesday's and Wednesday's words? Top Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187593 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (Buffalo Shrdlu), 10 Guests and 24 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6596 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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