umber : Idioms & Phrases


Burnt umber

  • noun dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber
  • noun a medium brown to dark-brown color
    coffee; umber; deep brown; chocolate.
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  • (Paint.), a pigment made by burning raw umber, which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a bright reddish brown.
Webster 1913

Cologne, ∨ German, umber

  • a brown pigment obtained from lignite. See Cologne earth.
Webster 1913

raw umber

  • noun greenish brown pigment
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