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Siena

Siena, a city in Italy

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A shallow ceramic dish of brownish-orange earth pigment beside a broad painted swatch in the same sienna hue, with a pigment-stained brush connecting powder to color.
noun

sienna

see-EN-uh/siˈenə/

A yellowish-brown or reddish-brown earth pigment or its color.

Etymology
siennaItalianSiena, a city in Italy

Siena supplies the name through “earth of Siena,” referring to the local earth from which the pigment was first produced. The pigment's name also came to denote its brownish-orange color.

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