sienna
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna ) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna ).
the color of such a pigment.
Origin of sienna
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How to use sienna in a sentence
Some painters have a great liking for siennas and umbers as body colors for sleigh work.
Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting | Mayton Clarence HillickShades are formed by the addition of the siennas, umbers, or black.
Industrial Arts Design | William H. VarnumThe umbers are in the same class with the siennas and ochres.
The Painter in Oil | Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
British Dictionary definitions for sienna
/ (sɪˈɛnə) /
a natural earth containing ferric oxide used as a yellowish-brown pigment when untreated (raw sienna) or a reddish-brown pigment when roasted (burnt sienna)
the colour of this pigment: See also burnt sienna
Origin of sienna
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