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umber noun3 & adjective. M16.
[French (terre d')ombre or Italian (terra di) ombra, from Latin umbra UMBER noun1 or Umbra fem. of Umber UMBRIAN.]
A. noun.
A red-brown earth containing iron and manganese oxides and darker than ochre and sienna, used to make various pigments. Also, any of these pigments; the colour of these. M16.
BURNT umber. raw umber: see RAW adjective.
Any of several geometrid moths with dark brown wings or markings. M19.
barred umber, mottled umber, scarce umber, etc.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of the colour umber; dark brown. Also, dark, dusky. E19.