1.
[syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]
2. a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
burnt sienna
n 1: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown,
sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]
2: a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna