burnt umber
Britishnoun
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a brown pigment obtained by heating umber
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a dark brown colour
Example Sentences
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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
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 • Feb. 5, 2020
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
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