Definition of "burnt sienna" []

• A reddish-brown pigment prepared by calcining raw sienna. (noun)
• A dark reddish orange. (noun)

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• "When the books arrived, he built a bookcase, stained it the same burnt sienna asMan o'War,and pinned the elegant racehorse on the wall above it—where he could see it from his favorite chair."