sienna
noun
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment raw sienna or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment burnt sienna.
siennas
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pluralof sienna.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They both painted in contrasting dark and light hues, favoring palettes of darker, earthy pigments: bone black, ocher, umber, siennas and lead white.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2019
Browns, purples and siennas set off touches of yellow and green in the vibrant collection of loosely fitting gowns - and a touch of menswear - that played with contrasts.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
Browns, purples and siennas set off touches of yellow and green in the vibrant collection of loosely fitting gowns — and a touch of menswear — that played with contrasts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
On the ground are delicate wood-colors,—umbers, siennas, greens toned down to gray.
From Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out by Annie H Ryder
Flake white, red lead, vermillion, lake, Prussian blue, patent yellow, orpiment, orchres, verditers, vandyke brown, umber, lamp-black, and siennas raw and burnt.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
