Chestnut (color)

This box shows the colour Chestnut.

Chestnut (also called castaneous) is a colour with a medium reddish shade of brown. The colour is named after the nut of the chestnut tree. An alternate name for the colour is badious.

Indian red is a similar colour but is separate and distinct from Chestnut.

Chestnut (color) Media

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  Chestnuts can be found on the ground around chestnut trees.

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  Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Parus rufescens, chromolithograph after painting (watercolor)