Raw-umber
noun
1.
See under (def 1).
[uhm-ber] /ˈʌm bər/
noun
1.
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)
2.
the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
3.
Ichthyology. the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
4.
North England Dialect. shade; shadow.
adjective
5.
of the color umber.
verb (used with object)
6.
to color with or as if with umber.
/ˈʌmbə/
noun
1.
any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon See also burnt umber
2.
any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment
3.
short for umber moth
4.
(obsolete)
adjective
5.
of, relating to, or stained with umber
n.
brown earthy pigment, 1560s, from Middle French ombre (in terre d’ombre), or Italian ombra (in terra di ombra), both from either Latin umbra “shade, shadow” (see umbrage) or from Umbra, fem. of Umber “belonging to Umbria,” region in central Italy from which the coloring matter first came. Burnt umber, specially prepared and redder in color, is attested from c.1650.
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