Burnt sienna

from 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

from 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.
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   {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.
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