umber
IPA: ˈʌmbɝ
noun
- A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
- A grayling.
- A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.
- Alternative form of umbrere [(historical) In medieval armour, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a fixed or movable faceguard was sometimes attached.]
verb
- (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to.
adjective
- Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
Advertisement
Examples of "umber" in Sentences
- OMBEK can be either a umber e.s.
- Female has the upperside umber brown.
- Displayed at right is the color umber.
- Displayed at right is the color 'umber'.
- Displayed at right is the color raw umber.
- Burnt umber is both a pigment and a colour.
- Displayed at right is the color 'raw umber'.
- The mineral's streak colour is also yellow umber.
- Antennae reddish; head, thorax and abdomen umber brown.
- The colors were deep and muted, he preferred the umbers to the yellows.
Advertisement
Advertisement