siennas
- plural of sienna.
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
The cheap colors are the ordinary earths, such as the ochres, umbers, siennas, the blacks and whites, and all sorts of greens and blues and lakes, which you had better have nothing to do with.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
The siennas, burnt and raw, are like the ochres, native earths, very old and permanent colors, and may be used anywhere.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
