mummy brown
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mummy brown
- /ˌmʌmi ˈbɹaʊn/ US, UK
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noun mummy browns
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A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
Mummy brown.—The bituminous substance found in and enveloping Egyptian mummies; it may be considered partly animal and partly bituminous matter.
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- The colour of this pigment, a variable brown intermediate between raw umber and burnt umber. I then placed it [a wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)] in an open window on a whitish bottom, and the next day it was light brown. At 2 p.m., August 24th, I put it on a jet-black shelf, with black surroundings. Forty-five minutes later it was very dark, nearly mummy brown[…], but darker.
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noun brown pigment originally prepared from ground-up remains of Egyptian mummies, etc.
| 日本語 | マミーブラウン |
|---|---|
| Français | brun momie, brun de momie, brun égyptien, jaune de momie |
| Italiano | bruno bitume |
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title = {mummy brown},
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