Earthy pigment
The crossword clue "Earthy pigment" is answered by UMBER, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UMBER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UMBER answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for UMBER
Every other clue in this collection answered by UMBER, most used first.
- Brown shade - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Reddish brown - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Brown pigment - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Earth tone - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Dark reddish brown - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- "Burnt" pigment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Brownish - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Earthy pigment - OCHER, used 56 times
- Earthy pigment - OCHRE, used 37 times
- Earthy color - OCHER, used 35 times
- Earthy colour - OCHRE, used 34 times
- Brown pigment - SEPIA, used 25 times
- Yellow pigment - OCHER, used 21 times
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