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burnt umber
noun
- a brown pigment obtained by heating umber
- a dark brown colour
Example Sentences
The color palate was most low-key tones of gray, oatmeal and burnt umber set off my mauve and lavender.
Many of the mountains are flecked in burnt umber, because the dolomite can include hematite, like iron, and therefore rust.
He began the “Fantaisie†with mysterious, almost meterless delicacy, like the prelude to “Parsifalâ€; in the “Pastorale,†his palette extended to spicy burnt umber and milky pale blue, mellow oboe and sweetly piercing flute.
The painting is a pool of burnt umber, swirling around the placental red of the robes worn by the Virgin and one of the shepherds.
Ultramarine and burnt umber combine into a distinctly sweet and mysterious black.
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