sienna

Everyday

1. A brownish-yellow (raw sienna) or reddish-brown (burnt sienna) earth colour used in paints and crayons. tree →
2. The clay pigment that gives this colour, first dug near Siena in Italy. tree →
3. (name) «Sienna» is also a girl's first name. tree →

In the lessons

In art lessons, «burnt sienna» and «raw sienna» are paint and crayon colours for tree trunks, skin tones, earth and autumn leaves. In maths and stories, Sienna may be a character. Phrases: «burnt sienna», «raw sienna».

Examples

• I painted the tree trunk burnt sienna. tree →
• Raw sienna is a golden brown colour. tree →
• Mix sienna with white for a lighter brown. tree →
• The hills looked sienna in the evening light. tree →
• Sienna has 12 crayons and gives 4 to Leo. tree →
• Burnt sienna comes from heating clay. tree →

Note

Uncountable as a colour. Spelling: two n's in the colour (sienna) but the city is Siena (one n). As a name, capital S.