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.

of the color umber.

to color with or as if with umber.

noun

brown , brownish , chestnut , color , darken , shadowy