burnt sienna

Questions about burnt sienna

What does burnt sienna mean?

burnt sienna means "a shade of brown with a tinge of red". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for burnt sienna?

Close synonyms include reddish brown, sepia, Venetian red, mahogany. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burnt sienna a common word?

burnt sienna is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.