amber light
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈæmbər laɪt/
:
luz ámbar
- The sunset bathed the room in a warm amber light, creating a cozy atmosphere.
Examples
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The front of Partridge's house, the empty street drenched in amber light.
Fiction book (2002) -
She studied them almost mindlessly in the mellow amber light that fell from somewhere overhead.
Fiction book (1992) -
The ranch is colored in amber light.
Fiction book (1998) -
The evening darkens; amber lights come on.
Fiction book (1997) -
Thousands of amber lights came up in the special stillness that occurs only in dead winter.
Fiction book (1993) -
There was a faint pulse of amber light, then the door cracked open with a sigh.
Fiction book (1992) -
In a long line running north, the amber lights of the boardwalk are imperfectly reflected on the flat, wet sand of the beach.
Fiction book (1993) -
They were sitting on the newly purchased sofa, with the amber light from a Tiffany lamp creating an almost surreal atmosphere.
Fiction book (1993) -
Wide spaces of asphalt now separated the cars, which were bathed in a soft amber light that pooled like honey on the windshields.
Fiction book (1997) -
Beyond the grimy outer windows, we can see that the day is closing—long shadows, amber light.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
Soft warm light like candlelight that makes a place feel calm
A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange
How Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'light with a warm yellow-orange colour' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'amber' (a warm yellow‑brown colour) with 'light' (illumination). This noun+noun descriptive composition is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Amber light comes from the warm yellow-orange light that looks like the colour of 'amber' or late afternoon sun. Because this colour makes places and photos feel 'warm' and 'cosy', designers and photographers use the name to describe that mood.