Difference between Umber and Chromatic

What is the difference between Umber and Chromatic?

Umber as an adjective is (colour) of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment. while Chromatic as an adjective is relating to or characterised by hue.

Umber

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A brown or reddish pigment used in painting, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. (colour) a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (colour) of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

Chromatic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to or characterised by hue.Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.Regarding all twelve traditional Western pitch classes, regardless of temperament or intonation; Regarding entire sets of alternative pitch class systems.

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