umber
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- noun
- /ˈʌmbər/
- Various shades of umber can be seen in the autumn leaves, giving a beautiful contrast.
- burnt umber
- raw umber
- umber color
Examples
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The dusk faded through umber into darkness.
Fiction book (1993) -
The mountains were now a deep umber.
Fiction book (1999) -
See, the shading on the burnt umber is all wrong.
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The color I chose for the weathering was "Raw Umber."
Blog text (31) -
Morning hues of umber and gold reflect from the distant hills of the Alpilles.
Academic text (1994) -
He knew the green was deceptive; the umber fields that stretched beyond the church had only been partially readied, as Angelinh's Granny had told him; the untilled areas showed just how brown and parched the soil had really become.
Fiction book (1996) -
And as Mr. Ince drives on into autumn, his nostrils sprung wide by the bite of roadside sage crushed beneath his tires, this gorgeous sea becomes a plain all gray and umber, torch dry before he reaches winter.
Fiction book (1996) -
The artist used burnt umber to create a rich and warm landscape painting.
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To achieve the desired color, he mixed a touch of umber with white paint.
Synonyms
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A medium dark brown color like cocoa beans
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A dark shade of brown like chocolate
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A medium to dark brown color like roasted beans used for a hot drink
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1.7
A brown colour with red or yellow tones that looks cosy
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6.7
A medium to dark brown color with a slight red tone used in painting
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9.3
A very dark brown color like the wood of a tropical African tree
Compounds
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word umber comes from the Latin umbra ('shadow') because the color is a dark, earthy brown like a shadow. So when you call something umber you mean it has that warm, shadowy brown tone.