Burnt umber

Burnt umber

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Burnt umber is both a pigment and a colour. The dark brown pigment is made by heating umber, a clay containing oxides of iron and manganese, and is used for oil and water colour paint.

Burnt umber in popular culture

*Burnt umber gained notoriety in the movie Fargo, where it was the colour of the Cutlass Ciera that Jerry Lundegaard gave to Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud when he hired them to kidnap his wife. [http://www.weeklyscript.com/Fargo.txt]
* In the "Frasier" episode "The First Temptation of Daphne", Niles instructs Daphne to get a burnt sienna folder. Martin tells her it's "brown", causing her to pick up the wrong folder. Niles chastises her that the folder is "clearly" burnt umber.
* Christopher Walken claimed burnt umber as his favorite colour on the April 5th, 2008's episode of SNL.
* Burnt Umber was the name of a movie short made in the early 1980s (c. 1981-1982) by the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York. The movie was about the life of a romantically daydreaming fine arts student attending the school.


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  • Burnt umber — Umber Um ber, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d ombre, It. terra d ombra, literally, earth of shadow or shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. {Umber}, 3 & 4, {Umbrage}.] 1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • burnt umber — Umber Um ber, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d ombre, It. terra d ombra, literally, earth of shadow or shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. {Umber}, 3 & 4, {Umbrage}.] 1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • burnt umber — n. 1. a reddish brown pigment made by calcining raw umber 2. a reddish brown * * * …   Universalium

  • burnt umber — n. 1. a reddish brown pigment made by calcining raw umber 2. a reddish brown …   English World dictionary

  • burnt umber — noun 1. dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber • Hypernyms: ↑umber 2. a medium brown to dark brown color • Syn: ↑chocolate, ↑coffee, ↑deep brown, ↑umber • Derivationally related forms …   Useful english dictionary

  • burnt umber. — See under umber (def. 1). * * * …   Universalium

  • burnt umber — noun see umber …   English new terms dictionary

  • burnt umber. — See under umber (def. 1) …   Useful english dictionary

  • burnt umber — 1. noun A deep brown colour. 2. adjective Of a deep brown colour …   Wiktionary

  • burnt umber — reddish brown pigment; reddish brown color …   English contemporary dictionary

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