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 • Jan. 14, 2023

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 • Jun. 8, 2022

And because nature is thrifty and likes to make the most of any useful substance, they were also the burnt umber in the wings of a passing butterfly.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2019

She may repeat this process twenty times or more, sanding the entire surface, before she lays down the next layer of ivory black mixed with burnt umber, ultramarine blue, and sometimes a touch of white.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019

The woman had a long, brooding oval face of burnt umber, with coarse graying black hair parted severely in the middle and combed back austerely behind her neck without curl, wave or ornamentation.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller