OMBRE
What does "OMBRE" mean?
A graded colour effect that shades gradually from light to dark or from one hue to another.
Meanings
- A blended colouring in which a tone fades gradually from light to dark, used on hair, fabric, and design. Her hair was a soft ombre, dark at the roots and pale gold at the tips.
- Having such a graded shading effect. They picked ombre curtains that deepened from cream to teal.
- A three-player card game popular in 17th and 18th century Europe. The two ladies sat down to a quiet game of ombre after dinner. archaic
Did you know?
- There are really two 'ombre' words wearing the same spelling: the gradient on dyed hair comes from French for 'shadow', while the old card game beloved by Pope and his contemporaries comes from Spanish 'hombre', meaning 'man'.
Word origin
The colour sense comes from French 'ombre' (shadow), from Latin 'umbra'. The unrelated card game comes from Spanish 'hombre' (man), the name of the lead player.
Remember it
OMBRE hides 'umbra' - the Latin shadow - so an ombre fades the way a shadow does, light into dark.
A little poem
No line says where the dark gives up the light;
the colour simply leans, all day, toward night.
couplet
What it teaches
The most beautiful transitions hide their seams; mastery is making the change look like no change at all.
Quick facts
What does OMBRE mean?
A graded colour effect that shades gradually from light to dark or from one hue to another.
Is OMBRE a valid word?
Yes — OMBRE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OMBRE?
OMBRE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OMBRE come from?
The colour sense comes from French 'ombre' (shadow), from Latin 'umbra'. The unrelated card game comes from Spanish 'hombre' (man), the name of the lead player.
What can OMBRE teach us?
The most beautiful transitions hide their seams; mastery is making the change look like no change at all.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.