(um′bər) noun
A chestnut- to liver-brown hydrated ferric oxide, containing some manganese oxide and clay: used as a pigment; also, the color. When in its natural state it is known as raw umber, and when heated, so as to produce a reddish-brown, as burnt umber.
—adjective Of or pertaining to umber; of a dusky hue; brownish.
—v.t. To color with umber; darken, as by staining. [<F (terre d')ombre <Ital. ombra, prob. <L Umbra, fem. of Umber of Umbria, where originally found;? infl. in Ital. by ombra shadow, shade <L umbra]

(um′bər) noun
1. Shade; hence, some indefinite dark color.
2. The grayling. [<F ombre <L umbra shade]