definition
strict definition
brown
Colors with a brownish hue, ranging from light beige to very dark taupe or chocolate shades.
The category of brown colors covers all shades whose dominant hue is closer to brown than to any other basic color. It includes light and dark browns of any brightness or saturation, as well as mixtures of browns with other colors where the overall result is mainly brown.
The family includes pale beige and dark chocolate as well as medium brown. Lightness and saturation can therefore vary substantially.
A secondary tint does not exclude a shade when the result is still predominantly brown. The specific shade definitions identify those finer distinctions.
More specific definitions
9 sub-definitions-
beige
A very pale brown facade color, often slightly yellow and between tan and white, represented by hex triplet F5DEB4. -
brown
A neutral medium shade of brown; an even mixture of all subtractive primary colors. -
chocolate
A dark brown facade color resembling coffee or dark wood, represented by the reference hex triplet 330000. -
cinereous
A light-to-medium brown facade color described with a bluish tint, represented by hex triplet 98817B. -
fawn
A yellowish light-to-medium brown facade color between beige and medium brown, represented by hex triplet E5AA70. -
field drab
A dull medium-brown facade color with a slight yellow or green tint, represented by hex triplet 6B541E. -
khaki
A dull light-brown facade color with a gray tint and relatively little yellow, represented by hex triplet C3B091. -
tan
A light brown facade color between brown and white, represented by the reference hex triplet C09A6B. -
taupe
A very dark, dull grayish-brown facade color, represented by the reference hex triplet 483C32.
Related definitions
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black-gray-white
Colors with minimum chromaticity, ranging from black to white and including shades of gray. -
blue
Colors with a bluish hue, ranging from light blue to very dark navy or midnight blue. -
green
Colors with a greenish hue, ranging from light green or chartreuse to very dark olive or forest green. -
multicolor
A facade color combination of at least five different colors without one distinct overall tone. -
orange
Facade colors whose dominant hue is orange, including pale peach, dark orange, and predominantly orange mixtures. -
purple
Colors with a purplish hue, ranging from light lavender to very dark violet or indigo. -
red
Facade colors whose dominant hue is red, including pale, dark, bright, dull, and predominantly red mixtures. -
yellow
Facade colors whose dominant hue is yellow, including pale cream, darker gold, and predominantly yellow mixtures.