Umber (pigment)
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Descripción
A natural brown clay earth pigment that contains iron and manganese oxides, silica, alumina, and lime; tending to be less orange-red than sienna. The term refers to the region of Umbria, Italy, although the pigment is found elsewhere in the world, notably on Cyprus. It has been used as a pigment since prehistoric times.
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Otros términos
- omber (pigment) [nl]
- sombra (pigmento) [es]
- brown, Cappagh [en]
- Cappagh brown [en]
- Cyprus umber [en]
- terre d'ombre [en]
- Turkey umber [en]
- umber, Cyprus [en]
- umber, Turkey [en]
- umbra [en]