Umbers

The hard part is applying the paint to your wall and having the finished job remotely resemble the dramatic burnt umbers, the flirtatious pinks, the forest greens that you thought were going to change your life, deliver a whole new you, make your friends realize that somewhere behind that bland façade lies a raging Michelangelo, or at least someone who could have been a successful interior decorator if you'd chosen that career path. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

Basso notes appeared with the introduction of deeper tones—dark purples and umbers, grays and even black. ❋ Eric Gibson (2011)

The amount of time left for McCain to change the story and really start driving his umbers up is minimal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other favorites are rich umbers citrines, royals and emeralds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The concern is not only picking up the umbers and spreading them but it's been really hard for firefighters to get up in the air, to make any headway with this fire. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Look at it again; those expert musses and swirls, the umbers and browns, the yellows and reds, that perfectly poised composition: it rises above and bears down upon the al-Hajar-ul-Aswad solidity of a black train engine that is very obviously motionless, stalled by the storm upon the bridge. ❋ Adam Roberts Project (2006)

The rock strata of the inner canyon changed from dark umbers and black shadows to immense bands of pastel yellow, white, green, and a hundred shades of red in the mysterious chemistry of twilight. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)

I cannot take these facts into some cave and, shading my eyes, grade their yellows, blues, umbers into one substance. ❋ Unknown (2003)

But it never would have occurred to Toni to associate reds and umbers with barrenness. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Median is found by arranging the umbers from highest to lowest and then taking the middle one. ❋ PAUL R. MARTIN (2002)

The bureau said that in 1999, manufacturers started to direct some of their exports away from Zimbabwe to other African countries, which indicated that these umbers could be lower. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Flashing past them were bands and streaks of magentas, ochers, and umbers; sparkles of light and color danced about them in a kaleidoscope of brilliance. ❋ John Peel (2000)

And farther down, a stark silhouette against the umbers and golds of the valleys below, was the roof of the keep, still littered with the drying bones of human savages ... mute testimony to the silent death within. ❋ Parkinson, Dan (1993)

[Umbers]! I'm gonna [tell] [the teacher]. ❋ Vinreo (2005)

umbers im [telling] [the teacher] [on you] ❋ The Person Who Exists (2022)

[That girl] is an Umber ❋ <3 Me Or Hate Me (2010)

[Damn] [that girl] is such am [umber] ❋ Omgitsmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (2013)

[That guy] is SUCH an umber ❋ SomeVee (2005)

dude 1 - "oh look, [cleavage]." dude 2 - "thats [boobs], not cleavage. [dumbass]." dude 1 - "you umber." ❋ Umberest. (2010)

Woman:(driving) [We need] to [pull over] some place clean. Man: [Umber Alert]? Woman: Word. ❋ Twunch (2007)

Your [a bit] of an [umbers] [You twat]! ❋ Lad (2004)

[Rihanna] in video/audio. Note the nasal [tones]. MTV Host. "It's rainin' [heaps on] set, better get out your umber-ellas !"*cannned laughter* ❋ Gekkondae (2007)

[I am] having umber-ella [issues] [this morning] ❋ Spandy (2005)