raw umber
noun
See under umber(def 1).
Origin of raw umber
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby raw umber
raw material,
raw milk,
raw score,
raw sienna,
raw silk,
raw umber,
raw-pack method,
rawalpindi,
rawaru,
rawboned,
rawhide
Definition for raw umber (2 of 2)
umber
[ uhm-ber ]
/ ˈʌm bər /
noun
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.
Ichthyology.
the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
North England Dialect.
shade; shadow.
adjective
of the color umber.
verb (used with object)
to color with or as if with umber.
Origin of umber
1250–1300; Middle English
umbre, umber shade, shadow < Old French
umbre < Latin
umbra; in sense “earth” < French
terre d'ombre or Italian
terra di ombra
British Dictionary definitions for raw umber
umber
/ (ˈʌmbə) /
noun
any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon
See also burnt umber
any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment
short for umber moth
obsolete
- shade or shadow
- any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour
adjective
of, relating to, or stained with umber
Word Origin for umber
C16: from French (
terre d')
ombre or Italian (
terra di)
ombra shadow (earth), from Latin
umbra shade