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/ˈʌmbə/ · noun
A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides..
I'll put myself in poor and mean attire, And with a kind of umber smirch my face; The like do you; so shall we pass along, And never stir assailants.
Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.
Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came, Like clouds in autumn umbering all the sky […]
Use umber when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Umber means A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides..
Common synonyms include chromatic, burnt umber, chocolate, coffee.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I'll put myself in poor and mean attire, And with a kind of umber smirch my face; The like do you; so shall we pass along, And never stir assailants.
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