A brown earth used as a pigment; also, the colour of this.

a kind of earth having a reddish-brown colour (due to peroxide of iron), used as a pigment; also, the colour which this imparts.

The colour of earth; a brownish shade.

umber which has not been calcined; (also) the colour of this pigment (usually a dark yellowish brown); cf. burnt umber at umber, n.3 1b.

A dark brown or reddish-brown colour; any of various brown pigments containing iron. Cf. Prussian brown n. at Prussian, n. adj.compounds.

the colour of cloves, a medium shade of brown.

sienna which has not been calcined; (also) the yellowish-brown colour of this pigment; cf. burnt sienna at burnt, adj. 4c.

The brown colour characteristic of wood (see quot. 1805). Also as adj.

A mid-brown colour.

A shade or tint of the colour of coffee (cf. compounds 1a below).

A shade of brown like that of oak wood, or of a young oak leaf when just opening.

an almond enclosed in burnt sugar; hence, a fashion shade of brown.

(See quot. 1853) ? Obsolete.

a brown colour produced by the use of catechu as a dye.

(a) n. = sense 7; (b) adj. (hyphenated) of this colour.

a shade of brown similar in colour to the pigment used in painting (see sense 4).

the brown colour produced by the application of walnut-juice to the skin.

elliptical for havana brown n. at sense b.

the shade of brown which is the colour of havana cigars.

In various specific contexts. Paint residue that collects on a paintbox. Obsolete. rare.

The mid-brown colour of nutria fur; material of this colour.

The colour of caramel brown. Also attributive.

attributive in designations of colour, as wallflower brown, wallflower red; also separately as a colour-name. Also in combination wallflower-leaved…

The brown colour of a cigar.

A light brown or tan colour reminiscent of sunburn. Cf. suntan, n. 2. Now rare.

A fashion shade; cf. tabac, adj. Cf. sense compounds 3 below.

The light-brown colour of maple wood.

A golden-brown colour resembling that of butterscotch.

The colour of walnut-wood, variously a yellowish to a dark shade of brown; also, a wood stain imparting this colour. Also used of the colour…

The colour of snuff. Also attributive or as adj.

A dark brown colour like that of a mink's fur.

A medium shade of brown. Cf. sense B. below.

The colour of sludge. Also attributive.

With the sense ‘characteristic of or resembling soil or earth’, as earth-smell, earth-tint, earth-tone, etc. See also earth colour, n. 2.