burnt sienna

noun

1

: a yellowish red to reddish brown pigment made by calcining raw sienna and used especially in stains and glazes and as an artist's color

2

: a dark reddish orange that is yellower and less strong than average lacquer and yellower and slightly lighter than ocher red

called also burnt Italian earth

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