Thursday, November 28, 2013

Ombre

Sounds like Umbrella.

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Ombre
= French, Shades from Dark to Light Color or vice versa.

Purple Ombre
= Purple Shades from Dark to Light Color or vice versa.

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Hair ~ Ombre, Ombrare, Umbra

Ombre = French for shades
Ombrare = Italian for shades
Umbra = Latin for shades

Here's an example of 'Purple Ombre' for Hair

Note: 
The picture on the Left may have been produced digitally 
because the picture on the Right seem more natural.
 

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Umbrella ~ Ombrare, Umbra, Ombre

Ombrare = Italian for shades
Umbra = Latin for shades
Ombre = French for shades
Umbrella =  English, just sounds like shades in the various languages above.

'Purple Ombre'

'Red Ombre'

'Brown Ombre'
 

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Definition of OMBRÉ

:having colors or tones that shade into each other
— used especially of fabrics in which the color is graduated from light to dark
— ombré noun

Origin of OMBRÉ
~ French, past participle of Ombrer to shade, 
~ from Italian Ombrare, from ombra shade, 
~ from Latin Umbra — more at umbrage

First Known Use: 1893

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