UMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does umber mean? 

• UMBER (noun)
  The noun UMBER has 2 senses:

1. an earth pigment

2. a medium brown to dark-brown color

  Familiarity information: UMBER used as a noun is rare.

• UMBER (adjective)
  The adjective UMBER has 1 sense:

1. of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments

  Familiarity information: UMBER used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An earth pigment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("umber" is a kind of...):

earth color (a colored mineral used as a pigment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "umber"):

raw umber (greenish brown pigment)

burnt umber (dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A medium brown to dark-brown color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

burnt umber; chocolate; coffee; deep brown; umber

Hypernyms ("umber" is a kind of...):

brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)

Derivation:

umber (of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments)

• UMBER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

umber (a medium brown to dark-brown color)

 Context examples 

In the midst of all this the lamp still cast a smoky glow, obscure and brown as umber.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)