burnt sienna

burnt sienna

noun
1.
See under sienna (def. 1).
2.
an intense dark reddish-brown color.

Origin:
1835–45

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si·en·na

[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:
1750–60; < Italian (terra di) Sien(n)a (earth of) Siena
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burnt sienna
 
n
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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