umber
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As sure as green leaves have turned red, gold and umber, the spooky season haunts us once more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Bruce in burgundy, violet, pumpkin and umber, and Glen in bright fuchsia and eggplant with an aqua-blue base.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
The sun was just beginning its ascent over the Mojave, bathing the sand in a smooth umber glow beneath pockets of wispy cloud.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023
And as early as 1617, when the teenage Velázquez painted a kitchen maid with umber skin and a white kerchief, Spain clearly had developed an art market for paintings depicting people of color.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023
The woman had a long, brooding oval face of burnt umber, with coarse graying black hair parted severely in the middle and combed back austerely behind her neck without curl, wave or ornamentation.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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