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Burnt sienna

noun

A shade of brown with a tinge of red. Synonyms: mahogany, reddish brown, sepia, Venetian red.

A reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna.

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"Burnt sienna" Quotes from Famous Books

... to hide her hands and the fact that she had not had time to wash them. A long streak of burnt sienna marked one finger, and her nails had little slices of various colours in them. Her paint-box was ...

— The Incomplete Amorist • E. Nesbit

Words linked to "Burnt sienna" : brownness, sepia, copper color, brown, copper, mahogany, sienna, Indian red, brick red, reddish brown, Venetian red