Umber is used to describe things that are yellowish or reddish brown in colour.
...umber paint.
umber in British English
(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
a.
shade or shadow
b.
any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour
adjective
5.
of, relating to, or stained with umber
Word origin
C16: from French (terre d')ombre or Italian (terra di) ombra shadow (earth), from Latin umbra shade
umber in American English1
(ˈʌmbər)
noun
1.
a kind of earth containing oxides of manganese and iron, used as a pigment: raw umber is yellowish-brown; burnt, or calcined, umber is reddish-brown
2.
a yellowish-brown or reddish-brown color
adjective
3.
of the color of raw umber or burnt umber
verb transitive
4.
to color with or as with umber
Word origin
Fr (terre d')ombre < It (terra d')ombra, lit., (earth of) shade, prob. < L umbra, a shade, shadow (but based on ? Umbria)
umber in American English2
(ˈʌmbər)
noun
1. Dialectal
shade; shadow
2.
a common European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
Word origin
ME < OFr umbre (Fr ombre) < L umbra: see umber1
Examples of 'umber' in a sentence
umber
I'd like to have dinner with somebody in Olympia who can recognize burnt umber.
Wood, Ted FOOLS GOLD (2001)
"Her mother sat glumly, examining some burnt umber paint on the back of her hand.
Lowry, Lois ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1) (2001)
His flesh was a burnished umber, and he had several days ' growth of beard, which was even darker than his skin.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2001)
The greens of its grasses gave way to yellow and umber and more somber tones.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE (2001)
All related terms of 'umber'
burnt umber
a brown pigment obtained by heating umber
umber moth
any of various brownish geometrid moths , esp the waved umber ( Menophra abruptaria ) and small waved umber ( Horisme vitalbata ), that are cryptically marked to merge with tree bark , and the mottled umber ( Erannis defoliaria ) whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
waved umber
a brownish geometrid moth , Menophra abruptaria , that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
mottled umber
a brownish geometrid moth , Erannis defoliaria , whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
small waved umber
a brownish geometrid moth , Horisme vitalbata , that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark