Word of the Day – Umber

Umber (noun)

um-ber

An earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber ) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber ). / The color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.

1250–1300; Middle English umbre, umber shade, shadow. Old French umbre

Example sentences

“The leaves changed from verdant green to umber.”