Tawny Amber

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin. It has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since classical antiquity. Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in folk medicine.

Tawny (colour)

Tawny is a light brown to brownish-orange colour.

Amber (color)

The color amber is a pure chroma color, located on the color wheel midway between the colors of yellow and orange. The color name is derived from the material also known as amber, which is commonly found in a range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors; likewise, as a color, amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors. In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a reference to the specific substance, was in 1500.

tawny

Adjective

1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

Verb

1. To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
2. To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

amber

Noun

1. Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Adjective

1. Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.