umber
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- adjective
- /ˈʌmbər/
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- The walls of the cozy room were painted in a rich umber hue, creating an inviting and warm atmosphere.
- burnt-umber
Examples
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She washed her hands at the basin on the kitchen porch and fixed herself a dinner of a few umber shavings from Esco's ham, cold biscuits left from breakfast, and a wedge of baked pumpkin from supper the evening before.
Fiction book (1997) -
The texture of the wall changed from earth to aggregate to deep umber stone, to ebony rock shot with veins of milky quartz that gradually grew in width and translucency.
Fiction book (1999) -
"It is now a deep umber color."
Blog text (16) -
N umber one being, you're fighting in a basement.
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Dawn finally arrived: a blear of rain and umber gloom.
Fiction book (1993) -
I watched his huge umber hands slide the rubber band from a plastic portfolio he'd placed on the round table between us.
Fiction book (1998) -
I floated down its hundred yards of umber six flats with tiny lawns.
Fiction book (1995) -
Below, there is an umber brush stroke that is wide and visible, unlike any brushwork observed in the other breast or in the rest of the painting.
Academic text (2002) -
With the cleverness of olden times, when men could preen like peacocks, he'd chosen golden sepia and umber colors for his clothes.
Fiction book (2000) -
The artist chose an umber color for the autumn landscape painting, reflecting the warm tones of the season.
Synonyms
A grayish yellowish brown color like old paper
Compounds
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word umber comes from the Latin umbra ('shadow') and was the name of an earth pigment, so calling a color umber means it is a dark yellowish- or reddish-brown like that shadowy paint. That's why an umber shade describes the same deep, earthy brown painters used.