burnt sienna
See under sienna (def. 1).
an intense dark reddish-brown color.
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How to use burnt sienna in a sentence
The female must content herself with burnt sienna back-covering which comes down onto her ochre-coloured belly.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de GourmontThis may be colored with anything desired, like burnt sienna, annatto, or other coloring material.
Practical Mechanics for Boys | J. S. ZerbeSome plain wooden armchairs were set against the walls that had been rough plastered and washed with burnt sienna brown.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. WallerThe colors used are raw sienna, burnt umber, Vandyke brown and a little burnt sienna.
Practical Graining | William E. (William Edmund) WallThe colors used are raw sienna and raw and burnt umber; a little burnt sienna may be added to the shading color.
Practical Graining | William E. (William Edmund) Wall
British Dictionary definitions for burnt sienna
a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
a dark reddish-orange to reddish-brown colour
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