Definition of Raw umber

1. Noun. Greenish brown pigment.

Generic synonyms: Umber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raw Umber

raw
raw(a)
raw beauty
raw data
raw deal
raw deals
raw material
raw meat
raw milk
raw recruit
raw score
raw sewage
raw sienna
raw talent
raw throat
raw umber (current term)
raw vegetable
raw weather
raw wood
raw wool
raw wound
rawaru
rawbone
rawboned
rawer
rawest
rawhead
rawheads
rawhide
rawhided

Literary usage of Raw umber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Artizans' Guide and Everybody's Assistant: Containing Over Three by Richard Moore (1873)
"White and terre verleg with the addition of a little raw- umber. ... Indian red, raw umber, and black. Strong Glazing Cola —Light red and lake. ..."

2. The Poughkeepsie Casket by Egbert B. Killey, Benson John Lossing (1839)
"For clouds, Indigo with rather a large proportion of raw umber. This, as well as other tints, may be made stronger or weaker, as the case may require. ..."

3. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting by Arthur Herbert Church (1901)
"raw umber is not subject to adulteration, but a ferruginous brown coal has been ... It has before been pointed out that raw umber, from which burnt umber is ..."

4. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1900)
"... at the 1. is absorbed by the baby; in front a little girl, very slightly sketched in outline (with raw umber), reaches up with one hand to the font. ..."

5. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting by Arthur Herbert Church (1890)
"raw umber is not subject to adulteration, but a ferruginous brown-coal has been ... It has before been pointed out that raw umber, from which burnt umber is ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The dark glass is fused, subjected to cold water, then ground fine and washed. Moisture and carbonic acid in the air attack it. BROWNS. raw umber (Levant ..."

7. The Universal Assistant, and Complete Mechanic, Containing Over One Million by Richard Moore (1882)
"НАШ.—Light Hair.—White and yellow ochre. White and Roman ochre. White nnt Vandyke brown for the dark parts. White and raw umber for the dark parts. ..."

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