Umber vs Sienna - What's the difference?
umber | sienna |
a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
A grayling.
A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta ) allied to the storks and herons.
Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
* J. R. Drake
a form of clay containing iron and manganese.
a pigment with a reddish-brown colour.
a light reddish-brown colour.
having a reddish-brown colour.
As nouns the difference between umber and sienna
is that umber is a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides while sienna is a form of clay containing iron and manganese.As adjectives the difference between umber and sienna
is that umber is of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment while sienna is having a reddish-brown colour.As a proper noun Sienna is
{{given name|female|from=English}} of modern usage from the sienna colour.umber
English
(wikipedia umber)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.
