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umber
adjective as in brown
Example Sentences
It’s crisp but not too cold, the leaves recently changed from verdant green to shades of umber and crimson, and they’re gently falling all around you.
The eggs number from four to six, and are of a grey colour, speckled with light umber-brown.
The eggs number two, dark olive-brown, or buffish-brown, spotted somewhat sparingly with blackish-brown and umber-brown.
The tapestries of the wall were umber and gold; the hangings of the bed and windows were a modulated purple.
Not now could the lure of his well-loved ocean appeal to him, for all the wonders of the umber and dull orange west.
Ground color of upperparts deep umber-brown, very finely and densely vermiculated; chest barred with bright tawny brown and black.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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