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单词 sienna
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sienna

noun

si·​en·​na sē-ˈe-nə How to pronounce sienna (audio)
: an earthy substance containing oxides of iron and usually of manganese that is brownish yellow when raw and orange red or reddish brown when burnt and is used as a pigment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Trending colors include black, white, burnished sienna and green tones. Michael Haug, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020 Prince was wearing a loose-fitting top in a heathered sienna, with matching pants, a green vest, and a pair of beaded necklaces. Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019 His palette ran to burnt umber, yellow ocher, burnt sienna, olive green. Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019 Think scarlet, peach, pink, amber, sienna, and gold versus cooler teal, eggplant, emerald, aqua, and cobalt. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 25 July 2019 The sofa releases hints of cinnamon and orange fragrances and is available in burnt sienna and copper green. Olivia Rassow, ELLE Decor, 3 July 2014 But this collection remained firmly masculine in its unfussy shapes, boxy silhouettes and simple color palette of sienna, blue gray, stone and white. Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 23 June 2017 They were rendered thoughtfully in tonal colors such as ochre, sienna, dull green, chestnut and cadmium yellow. Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017 In a matchbox-size studio on the third floor of a building in East Harlem, Paola Mathé unfolds a sienna and black printed scarf. Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Italian terra di Siena, literally, Siena earth, from Siena, Italy

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

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