umber
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber ) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber ).
the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
Ichthyology. the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
North England Dialect. shade; shadow.
of the color umber.
to color with or as if with umber.
Origin of umber
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How to use umber in a sentence
Some painters have a great liking for siennas and umbers as body colors for sleigh work.
Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting | Mayton Clarence HillickShades are formed by the addition of the siennas, umbers, or black.
Industrial Arts Design | William H. VarnumThe umbers are in the same class with the siennas and ochres.
The Painter in Oil | Daniel Burleigh ParkhurstIt contains, however, a lower percentage of the latter than in the case of umbers.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. GardnerThe older types of colouring matter—such as cadmium yellow, ochres, vermilion, umbers—have been superseded.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | W. H. Simmons
British Dictionary definitions for umber
/ (ˈʌmbə) /
any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon: See also burnt umber
any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment
short for umber moth
obsolete
shade or shadow
any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour
of, relating to, or stained with umber
Origin of umber
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