Brown
Brown is a color. There are many ways to make the color brown – it can be a mixture of orange and black, of red, blue and yellow, of red and green, of blue and orange, of yellow and purple or of red, yellow and black paint.
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| Hex triplet | #993300 | |||||||||
| Source | CSS Color Module Level 3 | |||||||||
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Brown is the color of:
Tones of brown color comparison chart
| Beige (web color) (Hex: #F5F5DC) (RGB: 245, 245, 220) |
| Blanched Almond (web color) (Hex: #FFEBCD) (RGB: 255, 235, 205) |
| Banana Mania (Crayola) (Hex: #FBE7B2) (RGB: 251, 231, 128) |
| Moccasin (web color) (Hex: #FFE4B5) (RGB: 255, 228, 182) |
| Peach-Yellow (Hex: #FADFAD) (RGB: 250, 223, 173) |
| Light Buff (Hex: #ECD9B0) (RGB: 236, 217, 176) |
| Wheat (web color) (Hex: #F5DEB3) (RGB: 245, 222, 179) |
| Bisque (web color) (Hex: #FFE4C4) (RGB: 255, 228, 196) |
| Navajo White (web color) (Hex: #FFDEAD) (RGB: 255, 222, 173) |
| Light Khaki (X11 "Khaki") (Hex: #F0E68C) (RGB: 240, 230, 140) |
| Pale Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #EEE8AA) (RGB: 238, 232, 170) |
| Flax (Hex: #EEDC82) (RGB: 238, 220, 130) |
| Almond (Crayola) (Hex: #EFDECD) (RGB: 239, 222, 205) |
| Desert Sand (Crayola) (Hex: #EDC9AF) (RGB: 237, 201, 175) |
| Zinnwaldite (Hex: #EBC2AF) (RGB: 235, 194, 175) |
| Rosy Brown Light (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #E2CACA) (RGB: 226, 202, 202) |
| Ecru (Hex: #C3B091) (RGB: 205, 184, 145) |
| Tan (Hex: #D2B48C) (RGB: 210, 180, 140) |
| Khaki (HTML/CSS web color "Khaki") (Hex: #C3B091) (RGB: 195, 176, 145) |
| Dark Khaki (X11 web color "Dark Khaki") (Hex: #BDB76B) (RGB: 189, 183, 107) |
| Rose Quartz (Hex: #AA98A9) (RGB: 170, 152, 169) |
| Rosy Brown (web color) (Hex: #BC8F8F) (RGB: 188, 143, 143) |
| Brandy Rose (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #BB8983) (RGB: 187, 137, 131) |
| Lavender Brown (Medium Vanda) (Plochere "Vanda") (Hex: #AA8A9E) (RGB: 170, 138, 158) |
| Puce (Hex: #CC8899) (RGB: 204, 136, 153) |
| Terra Cotta (Hex: #E2725B) (RGB: 226, 114, 91) |
| Bittersweet (Crayola) (Hex: #FE6F5E) (RGB: 254, 111, 94) |
| Tumbleweed (Crayola) (Hex: #DEAA88) (RGB: 222, 170, 136) |
| Buff (Hex: #E0AB76) (RGB: 224, 171, 118) |
| Sandy Brown (web color) (Hex: #F4A460) (RGB: 244, 164, 96) |
| Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #DAA520) (RGB: 218, 165, 32) |
| Brass (Hex: #C3A368) (RGB: 195, 163, 104) |
| Pale Taupe (Mouse) (Hex: #BC987E) (RGB: 188, 152, 26) |
| Antique Brass (Crayola) (Hex: #C88A65) (RGB: 200, 138, 101) |
| Earth Yellow (Hex: #E1A95F) (RGB: 225, 169, 95) |
| Bronze (Hex: #CD7F32) (RGB: 205, 127, 50) |
| Ochre (Hex: #CC7722) (RGB: 204, 119, 34) |
| Light Brown (Hex: #B5651D) (RGB: 181, 101, 29) |
| Copper (Hex: #B87333) (RGB: 184, 115, 51) |
| Dark Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #B8860B) (RGB: 184, 134, 11) |
| Sandy Taupe (Hex: #967117) (RGB: 150, 113, 23) |
| Dark Tan (Hex: #918151) (RGB: 145, 129, 81) |
| Shadow (Crayola) (Hex: #837050) (RGB: 131, 112, 80) |
| Beaver (Crayola) (Hex: #926F5B) (RGB: 146, 111, 91) |
| Cinerous (Hex: #98817B) (RGB: 152, 129, 123) |
| Pale Brown (Hex: #987654) (RGB: 152, 118, 84) |
| Dark Buff (Hex: #976638) (RGB: 151, 102, 56) |
| French Beige (Hex: #A67B5B) (RGB: 166, 123, 91) |
| Peru (web color) (Hex: #CD853F) (RGB: 205, 133, 63) |
| Cocoa Brown (web color Chocolate) (Hex: #D2691E) (RGB: 210, 105, 30) |
| Tenne (Tawny) (Hex: #CD5700) (RGB: 205, 87, 0) |
| Burnt Orange (Hex: #CC5500) (RGB: 204, 85, 0) |
| Mahogany (Hex: #C04000) (RGB: 192, 64, 0) |
| Dark Terra Cotta (Hex: #CC4E3C) (RGB: 204, 78, 92) |
| Chestnut (Indian Red [web color]) (Hex: #CD5C5C) (RGB: 205, 92, 92) |
| Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown (Crayola) (Hex: #C45655) (RGB: 196, 86, 55) |
| Deep Chestnut (Vermont Maple Syrup) (Crayola Chestnut) (Hex: #B94E48) (RGB: 185, 78, 72) |
| Dark Chestnut (Hex: #986960) (RGB: 152, 105, 96) |
| Ebulient Brown (Crayola Brown) (Hex: #AF593E) (RGB: 175, 89, 67) |
| Sienna (web color) (Hex: #A0522D) (RGB: 160, 82, 45) |
| Brown (Hex: #964B00) (RGB: 150, 75, 0) |
| Walnut (Hex: #664100) (RGB: 102, 65, 0) |
| Saddle Brown (web color) (Hex: #8B4513) (RGB: 139, 69, 13) |
| Rust (Hex: #87410E) (RGB: 183, 65, 14) |
| Medium Brown (Hex: #804000) (RGB: 128, 64, 0) |
| Russet (Hex: #80461B) (RGB: 128, 70, 27) |
| Burnt Umber (Hex: #8A3324) (RGB: 138, 51, 36) |
| Cordovan (Hex: #893F45) (RGB: 137, 63, 69) |
| Red-Brown (web color Brown) (Hex: #A52A2A) (RGB: 165, 42, 42) |
| Tea (Tea Red) (Orange Pekoe Tea) (Hex: #9C0D07) (RGB: 156, 13, 7) |
| Burgundy (Hex: #900020) (RGB: 144, 0, 32) |
| Maroon (Hex: #800000) (RGB: 128, 0, 0) |
| Auburn (Hex: #712F26) (RGB: 113, 47, 38) |
| Raw Umber (Hex: #734A12) (RGB: 115, 74, 18) |
| Pullman Brown (UPS Brown) (Hex: #644117) (RGB: 100, 65, 23) |
| Dark Brown (Hex: #654321) (RGB: 101, 67, 33) |
| Coffee (Coffee Bean [Unroasted]) (Hex: #6F4E37) (RGB: 111, 78, 55) |
| Sepia (Hex: #704214) (RGB: 112, 66, 20) |
| Chocolate (Hex: #7B3F00) (RGB: 123, 63, 0) |
| Bole (Hex: #79443B) (RGB: 121, 68, 59) |
| Roast Coffee (Coffee Bean [Roasted]) (Deep Coffee) (Hex: #704241) (RGB: 112, 66, 65) |
| Taupe Brown (Medium Taupe) (Hex: #674C47) (RGB: 103, 76, 21) |
| Taupe (Hex: #483C32) (RGB: 72, 60, 50) |
| Cafe Noir (Black Coffee) (Hex: #4B3621) (RGB: 75, 54, 33) |
| Liver (Hex: #534B4F) (RGB: 83, 75, 79) |
| Bistre (Hex: #3D2B1F) (RGB: 61, 43, 31) |
| Seal Brown (Hex: #321414) (RGB: 50, 20, 20) |
Brown Media
Painting of a dun horse on the wall of Lascaux Cave in France
Tomb of Userhet, 1300 BC. Brown was widely used in Ancient Egypt to represent skin color.
A tan terracotta background on a Greek amphora with the figures of Hercules and Apollo. (about 720 BC)
Leonardo da Vinci used sepia ink, from cuttlefish, for his writing and drawing
Jan van Eyck, Portrait de Baudoin de Lannoy (1435)
Anthony van Dyck, like Rembrandt, was attached to the pigment called Cassel earth or Cologne earth; it became known as Van Dyck brown
Natalya Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (late 17th century)
Pedro of Braganza, Prince Royal of Portugal and Brazil (later Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and King Pedro IV of Portugal), by Benedito Calixto (1822)
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