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
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 ● Sep. 23, 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
His palette ran to burnt umber, yellow ocher, burnt sienna, olive green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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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