somber tones
Dark, serious colors
Somber tones are serious, grave, or mournful qualities in voice, music, or visual presentation.
A news anchor delivers tragic stories in somber tones.
A painting in somber tones uses dark, muted colors.
The phrase suggests subdued emotion appropriate to weighty or sorrowful subjects: The minister spoke in somber tones about the loss.
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- muted colorsDesaturated, understated shades
- graveSerious and worrying
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- heavy heartProfound emotional sadness
funeral · funeral march · shadow · deep shadows · dusk · mourning · hushed · gray · dimmed · low lighting · solemn · heavy · subdued · twilight · fading light · ashen · dirge · overcast