burnt umber

What does burnt umber mean?

burnt umber means "dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for burnt umber?

Close synonyms include chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burnt umber a common word?

burnt umber is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for burnt umber come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.