Umber (noun)
um-ber
An earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber ) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber ). / The color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
1250–1300; Middle English umbre, umber shade, shadow. Old French umbre
Example sentences
“The leaves changed from verdant green to umber.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
