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#187168 - 10/08/09 05:08 AM Umber
BranShea Offline
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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

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#187172 - 10/08/09 07:54 AM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea]
zmjezhd Online   content
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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).

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#187173 - 10/08/09 10:34 AM Re: Umber [Re: zmjezhd]
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>something like hint

just a shade of meaning..

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#187174 - 10/08/09 01:52 PM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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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
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#187175 - 10/08/09 02:40 PM Re: Umber [Re: tsuwm]
Buffalo Shrdlu Online   shocked
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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
>something like hint

just a shade of meaning..


almost an eco...

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#187182 - 10/08/09 06:18 PM Re: Umber [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
BranShea Offline
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An echo of a song or a hazy shade of winter?

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#187183 - 10/08/09 06:18 PM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea]
olly Offline
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Perhaps a tint of raw sienna for highlights?

Can't go past the good ol earth colours eh?

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#187184 - 10/08/09 06:24 PM Re: Umber [Re: olly]
BranShea Offline
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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)

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#187187 - 10/08/09 06:49 PM Re: Umber [Re: BranShea]
olly Offline
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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.

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#187190 - 10/08/09 08:02 PM Re: Umber [Re: olly]
Faldage Offline
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Did anybody else not receive Tuesday's and Wednesday's words?

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