Color Names

Sienna

Earthy pigment from the Italian hills, warm and rich as terracotta.

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Sienna is a rich brown.

It can be described as rich, strong, warm and saturated.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

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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Sienna

Proper noun

  1. A female given name from English of modern usage.
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