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earth color

DEFINITIONS OF: earth color

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n a colored mineral used as a pigment

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sienna
an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
ocher, ochre
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
umber
an earth pigment
burnt sienna
a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna
raw sienna
a yellowish-brown pigment made from untreated sienna
sinoper, sinopia, sinopis
a red ocher formerly used as a pigment
yellow ocher, yellow ochre
pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica
raw umber
greenish brown pigment
burnt umber
dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber
Type of:
mineral
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
pigment
dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
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