SienaSiennan.
/sɪˈɛnə/, U.S. /siˈɛnə/ 1. (Usually written Sienna.)
a. A ferruginous earth used as a pigment in oil and water-colour painting (called burnt sienna when it has been exposed to a red heat).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
brown1549
umberc1568
castory1590
wood-colour1622
burnt umbera1650
Cologne earth1658
Spanish brown1660
raw umber1702
bistre1728
Siena1787
raw sienna1797
Terra Siennaa1817
sepia1821
brown ochre1823
bone brown1831
indigo-brown1838
mummy1854
Cassel brown1860
Prussian brown1860
mineral brown1869
Cappagh brown1875
Verona brown1889
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > specific pigments
motey1353
green earth1634
terre-verte1658
Terra Sienna1760
Siena1787
gamboge yellow1807
zinc white1847
zinc-powder1881
1760 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. III. 309 A terra-sienna or very rich reddish brown.]
1787 W. Williams Ess. Mech. Oil Colours 44 Siena earth..is a fine colour, but comes little into use.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 642 Fawn-colour with burnt terra de sienna, or burnt umber and white.]
b. The colour of this pigment, a rich reddish brown. Also attributive and in other combinations, as sienna-brown, sienna-red.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > other browns
wainscot1577
earth-coloured1722
honey-brown1774
snuff-coloured1787
snuffy1789
moorit1795
iron brown1798
umber1802
umbery1850
sienna-brown1853
oily-brown1861
seal-brown1881
tabac1881
glandaceous1885
cigar-brown1895
bead-brown1912
cocoa1942
toffee-brown1961
toffee1962
sludgy1975
1853 Zoologist 11 4059 Minute granules of a rich sienna-brown hue.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 150 They are of a light-green color,..speckled with sienna and other rich shades of brown.
1876 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Oct. 4/1 Satchels of seeds, deep purple, sienna red, russet gold, and green.
2. Siena marble n. a reddish mottled stone obtained from the neighbourhood of Siena.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > others
giallo antico1741
Siena marble1774
sneg-stone1815
Mona marble1816
Sussex marble1850
Tennessee marble1875
1774 J. Carter Builder's Mag. 129 The body of the work may be of statuary, and the columns of Syenna marble.
1802 M. Edgeworth Let. 6 Dec. in C. Colvin Maria Edgeworth in France & Switzerland (1979) 46 The Salle for public Lectures is..30 feet high supported by 4 pillars of Sienna Marble.
1848 E. Ruskin Let. 20 July in M. Lutyens Ruskins & Grays (1972) xiv. 126 The pillars of polished Sienna marble... John said..it made him quite sick.
1894 A. Heaton Record of Work Pl. 8 (caption) Grate with brass mouldings, Sienna marble slips, and plain..tiles.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. viii. 228 Most of the Siena marbles are veined. Siena Unie, a bright yellow variety, appears to be the only one with little or no marking.
1975 Country Life May (Suppl.) 35 George III painted console table, with..fine Siena marble tops.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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