sienna

[ see-en-uh ]

noun
  1. a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna ) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna ).

  2. the color of such a pigment.

Origin of sienna

1
1750–60; <Italian (terra di) Sien(n)a (earth of) Siena

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sienna

/ (sɪˈɛnə) /


noun
  1. 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)

  2. the colour of this pigment: See also burnt sienna

Origin of sienna

1
C18: from Italian terra di Siena earth of Siena

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