A brown earth used as a pigment; also, the colour of this.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > other browns (37) umberc1568 A brown earth used as a pigment; also, the colour of this. Spanish brown1660 a kind of earth having a reddish-brown colour (due to peroxide of iron), used as a pigment; also, the colour which this imparts. earth colour1688 The colour of earth; a brownish shade. raw umber1702 umber which has not been calcined; (also) the colour of this pigment (usually a dark yellowish brown); cf. burnt umber at umber, n.3 1b. iron brown1714 A dark brown or reddish-brown colour; any of various brown pigments containing iron. Cf. Prussian brown n. at Prussian, n. adj.compounds. clove-brown1794 the colour of cloves, a medium shade of brown. raw sienna1797 sienna which has not been calcined; (also) the yellowish-brown colour of this pigment; cf. burnt sienna at burnt, adj. 4c. wood-brown1805 The brown colour characteristic of wood (see quot. 1805). Also as adj. moorit1809 A mid-brown colour. coffee1815 A shade or tint of the colour of coffee (cf. compounds 1a below). oak1815 A shade of brown like that of oak wood, or of a young oak leaf when just opening. burnt almond1850 an almond enclosed in burnt sugar; hence, a fashion shade of brown. Vandyke brown1850 Turk's head1853 (See quot. 1853) ? Obsolete. catechu brown1860 a brown colour produced by the use of catechu as a dye. oak brown1860 (a) n. = sense 7; (b) adj. (hyphenated) of this colour. mummy brown1861 a shade of brown similar in colour to the pigment used in painting (see sense 4). walnut-brown1865 the brown colour produced by the application of walnut-juice to the skin. Havana1873 elliptical for havana brown n. at sense b. havana brown1875 the shade of brown which is the colour of havana cigars. wax-brown1887 box1889 In various specific contexts. Paint residue that collects on a paintbox. Obsolete. rare. nutria1897 The mid-brown colour of nutria fur; material of this colour. caramel1909 The colour of caramel brown. Also attributive. wallflower brown1913 attributive in designations of colour, as wallflower brown, wallflower red; also separately as a colour-name. Also in combination wallflower-leaved… cigar1923 The brown colour of a cigar. desert-brown1923 sunburn1923 A light brown or tan colour reminiscent of sunburn. Cf. suntan, n. 2. Now rare. tobacco1923 A fashion shade; cf. tabac, adj. Cf. sense compounds 3 below. maple1926 The light-brown colour of maple wood. butterscotch1927 A golden-brown colour resembling that of butterscotch. walnut1934 The colour of walnut-wood, variously a yellowish to a dark shade of brown; also, a wood stain imparting this colour. Also used of the colour… snuff1951 The colour of snuff. Also attributive or as adj. mink1955 A dark brown colour like that of a mink's fur. toffee1960 A medium shade of brown. Cf. sense B. below. sludge1962 The colour of sludge. Also attributive. earth-tone1973 With the sense ‘characteristic of or resembling soil or earth’, as earth-smell, earth-tint, earth-tone, etc. See also earth colour, n. 2. |
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