burnt sienna

American  

[burnt see-en-uh] / ˈbɜrnt siˈɛn ə /

noun

1. sienna1

2. an intense dark reddish-brown color.

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burnt sienna British  

noun

1. a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace

2. a dark reddish-orange to reddish-brown colour

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Etymology

Origin of burnt sienna

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

“If I if I sell you a tube of ‘burnt sienna,’ that is God’s honest burnt sienna, dug up out of the ground, burned in an oven,” Cole says.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

The rap against Rushdie’s fiction is that it’s become increasingly “magical,” wonder-filled and windy, as if he were typing in turquoise and burnt sienna.

From New York Times • May 24, 2021

His palette ran to burnt umber, yellow ocher, burnt sienna, olive green.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019

“The car’s like a burnt sienna color, maybe cayenne? But yeah, it’s in pretty bad shape. And that way, you’ll know she’s your ride.”

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2017

He was darker than Mrs. Baylor—darker than a burnt sienna crayon.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English