Color Names

Pale Sienna

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Pale Sienna is a pale grey, close to beige.

It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and almost grey.

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Pale Sienna

Sienna

Sienna is an earth pigment containing iron oxide and manganese oxide. In its natural state, it is yellowish brown, and it is called raw sienna. When heated, it becomes a reddish brown, and it is called burnt sienna. It takes its name from the city-state of Siena, where it was produced during the Renaissance. Along with ochre and umber, it was one of the first pigments to be used by humans, and is found in many cave paintings. Since the Renaissance, it has been one of the brown pigments most widely used by artists.

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Colorfulness

Colorfulness, chroma and saturation are attributes of perceived color relating to chromatic intensity. As defined formally by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) they respectively describe three different aspects of chromatic intensity, but the terms are often used loosely and interchangeably in contexts where these aspects are not clearly distinguished. The precise meanings of the terms vary by what other functions they are dependent on.

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pale

Adjective

  1. Light in color.
  2. Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).

Verb

  1. To turn pale; to lose colour.
  2. To become insignificant.
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sienna

Noun

  1. A form of clay containing iron and manganese.
  2. A pigment with a reddish-brown colour.

Adjective

  1. having a reddish-brown colour.
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