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#187168 10/08/09 09:08 AM
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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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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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zmjezhd #187173 10/08/09 02:34 PM
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>something like hint

just a shade of meaning..

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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


----please, draw me a sheep----
tsuwm #187175 10/08/09 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
>something like hint

just a shade of meaning..


almost an eco...


formerly known as etaoin...
Buffalo Shrdlu #187182 10/08/09 10:18 PM
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An echo of a song or a hazy shade of winter?

BranShea #187183 10/08/09 10:18 PM
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Perhaps a tint of raw sienna for highlights?

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

olly #187184 10/08/09 10:24 PM
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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?

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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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Did anybody else not receive Tuesday's and Wednesday's words?

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