Sienna is a color derived from clay, ranging from yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. The name comes from the Italian city of Siena.
Siena es un color que proviene de la arcilla, que va del marrón amarillento (en su forma cruda) al marrón rojizo (cuando se tuesta). Su nombre proviene de la ciudad italiana de Siena.
| Front | sienna \see-EN-uh\ |
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| Back | noun A color derived from clay, ranging from yellowish brown (in raw form) to reddish brown (when roasted). [From Italian terra di Siena (earth of Siena). After Siena, a city in Italy once noted for the mining of this mineral. In its roasted form, the color is known as burnt sienna.] "Once you plow through the manual, you can program all your preferred settings, meaning the oven will remember just which shade of sienna you like your toast." - Melissa Clark; Compact Cookery; The New York Times; Aug 24, 2005. |
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