Meaning & use
umber
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A natural brown earth pigment, or the yellowish-brown to reddish-brown colour it produces.
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The artist mixed umber and white to paint the tree bark.
Autumn leaves turned the hillside a deep umber.
A note on using this word
Umber comes in two common forms in art supplies: raw umber, a duller brown, and burnt umber, a warmer, reddish brown.
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brownsienna
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