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Burnt Sienna
Burnt Sienna
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Hex triplet	#E97451
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(233, 116, 81)
HSV (h, s, v)	(14°, 65%, 91%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(62, 98, 22°)
Source	[Unsourced]
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

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Burnt sienna is an iron oxide pigment: a warm mid brown color. It is also a Crayola color.

Chemically, burnt sienna is formed by burning raw sienna (Terra di Sienna).

Popular culture

One of the main characters of the webcomic strip PvP is named Brent Sienna, after the pigment and/or the color. Brent is the art director for the fictional magazine PvP.
On the television show Family Guy, while trying to pick up girls in a bar, the African-American character Cleveland Brown asks "How would you like to go Black, then have to make a difficult decision regarding whether or not to go back?" To which the girl replies "I already went Burnt Sienna and never went back." She then leaves the bar with a giant talking crayon of said color.

In an episode of Benidorm, a gay couple debate what shade of Orange a surnburned pensioner is. When one guesses Burnt Sienna, The other says "More like Burnt Pensioner".

David Morrell has written a novel called Burnt Sienna. It involves a painter and retired secret agent working to rescue a beautiful woman from a madman who plans to kill her.
Raw Sienna is the name of the great late 60's album from the British Blues-Rock Band, Savoy Brown.
In the Frasier episode The First Temptation of Daphne, Niles instructs Daphne to get a burnt sienna folder. Martin tells her it's "brown", causing her to pick up the wrong folder. Niles chastises her that the folder is "clearly" umber.

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 ==Popular culture==
-*One of the main characters of the comic strip ''[[PvP]]'' is named Brent Sienna, after the pigment and/or the color.  Brent is the art director for the fictional magazine ''PvP''.
+*One of the main characters of the webcomic strip ''[[PvP]]'' is named Brent Sienna, after the pigment and/or the color.  Brent is the art director for the fictional magazine ''PvP''.
 *On the television show [[Family Guy]], while trying to pick up girls in a bar, the [[African-American]] character [[Cleveland Brown]] asks "How would you like to go Black, then have to make a difficult decision regarding whether or not to go back?" To which the girl replies "I already went Burnt Sienna and never went back." She then leaves the bar with a giant talking crayon of said color.
-*In a n episode of [[Benidorm (TV series)|Benidorm]], a gay couple debate what shade of Orange a surnburned pensioner is. When one guesses Burnt Sienna, The other says "More like Burnt Pensioner".
+*In an episode of [[Benidorm (TV series)|Benidorm]], a gay couple debate what shade of Orange a surnburned pensioner is. When one guesses Burnt Sienna, The other says "More like Burnt Pensioner".
 *[[David Morrell]] has written a novel called ''Burnt Sienna''. It involves a painter and retired secret agent working to rescue a beautiful woman from a madman who plans to kill her.
 * Raw Sienna is the name of the great late 60's album from the British Blues-Rock Band, Savoy Brown.
-* In the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode ''[[The First Temptation of Daphne]]'', [[Niles Crane|Niles]] instructs [[Daphne Moon|Daphne]] to get a burnt sierra folder. [[Martin Crane|Martin]] tells her it's "brown", causing her to pick up the wrong folder. Niles chastises her that the folder is "clearly" [[umber]].
+* In the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode ''[[The First Temptation of Daphne]]'', [[Niles Crane|Niles]] instructs [[Daphne Moon|Daphne]] to get a burnt sienna folder. [[Martin Crane|Martin]] tells her it's "brown", causing her to pick up the wrong folder. Niles chastises her that the folder is "clearly" [[umber]].
 ==See also==