Raw-sienna
noun
1.
See under (def 1).
[see-en-uh] /siˈɛn ə/
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.
/sɪˈɛnə/
noun
1.
a natural earth containing ferric oxide used as a yellowish-brown pigment when untreated (raw sienna) or a reddish-brown pigment when roasted (burnt sienna)
2.
the colour of this pigment See also burnt sienna
city in central Italy, probably from Senones, the name of a Gaulish people who settled there in ancient times. Related: Sienese. The brownish-ochre color (1760) is from Italian terra di Sienna “earth of Siena,” where the coloring material first was produced.
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