Reddish-brown mahogany top tone with luminous orangey undertone. Beautiful washes go easily from strong to delicate.
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. It ranges from semi-opaque to semi-transparent due to the combination of its opaque, red-brown mass tone and its transparent, orangey undertone. It is an excellent mixing complement for blues and greens and creates 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 the 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 earth of Siena. Sienna was famous for the mining and production of 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.
Brand | R&F Encaustic Handmade Paints |
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Country of Manufacture | United States |
Type of Store Credit value | Select |