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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > other browns (37)
umberc1568

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

Spanish brown1660

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

earth colour1688

The colour of earth; a brownish shade.

raw umber1702

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.

iron brown1714

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

clove-brown1794

the colour of cloves, a medium shade of brown.

raw sienna1797

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

wood-brown1805

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

moorit1809

A mid-brown colour.

coffee1815

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

oak1815

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

burnt almond1850

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

Vandyke brown1850

Turk's head1853

(See quot. 1853) ? Obsolete.

catechu brown1860

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

oak brown1860

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

mummy brown1861

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

walnut-brown1865

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

Havana1873

elliptical for havana brown n. at sense b.

havana brown1875

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

wax-brown1887

box1889

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

nutria1897

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

caramel1909

The colour of caramel brown. Also attributive.

wallflower brown1913

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

cigar1923

The brown colour of a cigar.

desert-brown1923

sunburn1923

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

tobacco1923

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

maple1926

The light-brown colour of maple wood.

butterscotch1927

A golden-brown colour resembling that of butterscotch.

walnut1934

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…

snuff1951

The colour of snuff. Also attributive or as adj.

mink1955

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

toffee1960

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

sludge1962

The colour of sludge. Also attributive.

earth-tone1973

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

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