burnt umber

British  

noun

1. a brown pigment obtained by heating umber

2. a dark brown colour

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Example Sentences

The color palate was most low-key tones of gray, oatmeal and burnt umber set off my mauve and lavender.

From Seattle Times

Many of the mountains are flecked in burnt umber, because the dolomite can include hematite, like iron, and therefore rust.

From Washington Post

He began the “Fantaisie” with mysterious, almost meterless delicacy, like the prelude to “Parsifal”; in the “Pastorale,” his palette extended to spicy burnt umber and milky pale blue, mellow oboe and sweetly piercing flute.

From New York Times

The painting is a pool of burnt umber, swirling around the placental red of the robes worn by the Virgin and one of the shepherds.

From New York Times

A Korean who became famous as part of the postwar dansaekhwa movement, Yun spent decades, before he died in 2007, painting simple stripes and blocks with thin, overlapping layers of burnt umber and ultramarine.

From New York Times