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RAW SIENNA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medium to dark tan color

Synonyms:

buff; caramel; caramel brown; raw sienna; yellowish brown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("raw sienna" is a kind of...):

brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raw sienna"):

snuff-color; snuff-colour (dark yellowish brown)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A yellowish-brown pigment made from untreated sienna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("raw sienna" is a kind of...):

sienna (an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment)

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