burnt sienna : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burnt sienna	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for burnt sienna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burnt sienna n a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany] a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sienna \Si*en"na\, n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. {Burnt sienna}, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. {Raw sienna}, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.