UMBER


Meaning of UMBER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

burnt

Floodlighting reflected from the silvery burnt umber cladding of the walls as though ice-ghosts danced there, and set the green columns aglow.

This is a mixture of yellow ochre and burnt umber applied to previously dampened paper.

A burnt umber man in a raw sienna compartment.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A burnt umber man in a raw sienna compartment.

As the chlorophyll disappears during the autumn, the leaves turn fiery red, garnet or umber .

Floodlighting reflected from the silvery burnt umber cladding of the walls as though ice-ghosts danced there, and set the green columns aglow.

This is a mixture of yellow ochre and burnt umber applied to previously dampened paper.

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