mummy brown

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌmʌmi ˈbɹaʊn/ Rhymes: -aʊn Hyphenation: mum‧my brown === Noun === mummy brown (usually uncountable, plural mummy browns) (painting, historical) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc. [from 19th c.] Synonym: (now rare) mummy The colour of this pigment, a variable brown intermediate between raw umber and burnt umber. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Colors === Notes === === Further reading === mummy brown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia