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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Umber (0.00954 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Umber.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: umber umber adj : of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments n 1: an earth pigment 2: a medium to dark brown color [syn: chocolate, coffee, deep brown , burnt umber]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Umber Umber \Um"ber\, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d'ombre, It. terra d'ombra, literally, earth of shadow or shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. Umber, 3 & 4, Umbrage.] 1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below. [1913 Webster] 2. An umbrere. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. [F. ombre, umbre, L. umbra.] (Zo["o]l.) See Grayling, 1. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. NL. scopus umbretta, F. ombrette; probably fr. L. umbra shade, in allusion to its dark brown color. See Umber a pigment.] (Zo["o]l.) An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird. [1913 Webster] Burnt umber (Paint.), a pigment made by burning raw umber, which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a bright reddish brown. Cologne umber, or German umber, a brown pigment obtained from lignite. See Cologne earth. [1913 Webster] Umber \Um"ber\, a. Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky. [1913 Webster] Their harps are of the umber shade That hides the blush of waking day. --J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster] Umber \Um"ber\, v. t. To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

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