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amber

[am-ber] / ˈæm bər /
ADJECTIVE
gold-colored
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NOUN
goldish color
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Walking through the Redondo Beach farmers market, I found myself staring at a small amber jar labeled “Bison Tallow Moisturizer.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Red warnings across the South East have been lifted, but an amber warning for extreme heat remains in parts of Kent, Surrey East Sussex and parts of West Sussex.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

There is still an amber warning for extreme heat in place until 0900 on Sunday for south-east England and East Anglia.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Taking an alcohol marker, he tinted the lights a soft amber, allowing him to highlight the art in the room without adding harsh overhead lighting.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Nearer, in the shadows beneath a young spruce, a pair of amber eyes.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

I would swim early in the morning when the water was still or late at night as the sun set, casting stunning ambers and pinks streaks through the sky.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2025

The sunrise ambers and midnight blues of Joshua Cutts’s lighting design illuminate Michael’s states of mind as much as they do time and place.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2023

The set design by Clint Ramos and Miguel Urbino emphasizes depth of field, its white framework a receptive canvas for Linda Cho’s refined midcentury costumes and the warm ambers of David Weiner’s lighting.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2023

Dark reds, purples and maroons, peacock-green, olive-green, ambers, violet, rose pink, with pearls, amber, topaz, ruby, garnet, diamonds.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

It's the light, I guess, just the same as the audience holds hands when they turn on the ambers with a circular drop for a sunset or something.

From Believe You Me! by Putnam, Nina Wilcox




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