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Definition of Burnt umber
1. Noun. Dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber.
2. Noun. A medium brown to dark-brown color.
Generic synonyms: Brown, Brownness
Derivative terms: Umber
Definition of Burnt umber
1. Noun. A deep brown colour. ¹
2. Adjective. Of a deep brown colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnt Umber
Literary usage of Burnt umber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"burnt umber is also used, this being reddish- brown or light brown and freed from
humous matter and from most of the water. Its examination is usually ..."
2. Home Economics: A Guide to Household Management, Including the Proper by Maria Parola (1906)
"One pint of boiled linseed-oil, one pint of turpentine, one tablespoonful each
of burnt umber and burnt sienna, and two tablespoonfuls of chrome-yellow ..."
3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1910)
"For very warm brown, line in with bitumen or burnt umber, and glaze the high-lights
as before. Then again, if you require auburn, or ginger, ..."
4. Problems of the Finishing Room: A Reference and Formula Manual for Furniture by Walter Karl Schmidt (1916)
"One pound of French ochre mixed with 10 pounds of pure white lead and four ounces
of burnt umber and four ounces medium Venetian red; give this ground. ..."
5. Mackenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts by Colin MacKenzie (1853)
"The mixture of the grey colour is made of burnt umber, indigo, and lake; each to
be rubbed in a saucer separately, anil then mixed in due proportion in a ..."
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