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Reddish-brown mahogany top tone with luminous orangey undertone. Beautiful washes go easily from strong to delicate.
Item #: 1013
Description: R&F Encaustic Block, Burnt Sienna 40ml
Reddish-brown mahogany top tone with luminous orangey undertone. Beautiful washes go easily from strong to delicate.
Classification: Natural Inorganic
Chemical Composition: Iron oxides
Properties
Burnt Sienna is a warm, mid-brown colour formed by burning the yellow-brown limonite clay called Raw Sienna. Due to the combination of its opaque, red-brown mass tone and its transparent, orangey undertone, it ranges from semi-opaque to semi-transparent. It is an excellent mixing complement for blues and greens, creating salmon or peach-coloured tints when mixed with white. It can be useful for subduing bright colours and does not get chalky in dark mixtures.
Permanence
Burnt Sienna has good permanence and is considered one of the most versatile of permanent pigments.
Toxicity
Burnt Sienna has no significant hazards.
History
Burnt Sienna has been used as a pigment since prehistoric times, but its current name came about during the Renaissance. It comes from the city of Siena in Italy and is short for terra di Siena, meaning the earth of Siena. Sienna was famous for mining and producing earth pigments from the Renaissance until World War II. Due to the depletion of clay deposits in Tuscany, Italian siennas now come from other areas, including Sicily and Sardinia.
Size
40ml
Brand
R&F Encaustic Handmade Paints
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